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Civil War
Thomas Taylor
U.S. Navy
5 August 1864 · USS Metacomet
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Maine
- Action
- USS Metacomet
The citation
Official citation
Served on board the U.S.S. Metacomet during the action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the rebel ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Taylor encouraged the men of the forward pivot gun when the officer in command displayed cowardice, doing honor to the occasion.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
