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Civil War
Thomas Kendrick
Coxswain · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
Date not recorded · USS Oneida
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Maine
- Action
- USS Oneida
The citation
Official citation
Served as coxswain on board the U.S.S. Oneida in the engagement at Mobile Bay, 5 August, 1864. Volunteering for the Mobile Bay action from Bienville, Kendrick displayed courageous devotion to duty, and his excellent conduct throughout the battle which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging of Fort Morgan, attracted the attention of the commanding officer and those serving around him.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
