Civil War
Samuel W. Davis
Ordinary Seaman · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
5 August 1864 · USS Brooklyn
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- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Maine
- Action
- USS Brooklyn
The citation
Official citation
On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks from stem to stern, Davis exercised extreme courage and vigilance while acting as a look-out for torpedoes and other obstructions throughout the furious battle which resulted in the surrender of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
