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Civil War
William Doolen
Coal Heaver · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
5 August 1864 · USS Richmond
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- USS Richmond
The citation
Official citation
On board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Although knocked down and seriously wounded in the head, Doolen refused to leave his station as shot and shell passed. Calm and courageous, he rendered gallant service throughout the prolonged battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the successful attacks carried out on Fort Morgan despite the enemy's heavy return fire.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
