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Civil War
Thomas O'Connell
Coal Heaver · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
5 August 1864 · USS Hartford
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- USS Hartford
The citation
Official citation
On board the flagship U.S.S. Hartford, during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864. Although a patient in the sick bay, O'Connell voluntarily reported at his station at the shell whip and continued to perform his duties with zeal and courage until his right hand was severed by an enemy shellburst.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
