. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . et fly at the enemy again as if nothing had happened. In addition to those already mentioned the following men were awarded theMedal of Honor for highly meritorious conduct during the several engagements withFort Fisher, in December, 1864, and January 1865: James Barnum, boatswainsmate; John Dempster, cockswain;
. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . et fly at the enemy again as if nothing had happened. In addition to those already mentioned the following men were awarded theMedal of Honor for highly meritorious conduct during the several engagements withFort Fisher, in December, 1864, and January 1865: James Barnum, boatswainsmate; John Dempster, cockswain; William Dunn, quartermaster; Thomas English,signal quartermaster; Charles H. Foy, signal quartermaster; Joseph B. Hayden, quar-termaster; Edmund Haffee, quarter-gunner; Thomas Jones, cockswain; NicholasLear, quartermaster; Daniel S. Milliken, quartergunner; George Prance, captain ofthe maintop; William , captain of forecastle; Joseph White, cockswain;Augustus Williams, seaman; Richard Willis, cockswain; Edward R. Bowman, quar-termaster; William Campbell, boatswains mate; Robert Summers, chief quarter-master. The na\^y lost 21 officers and 309 men killed and wounded, the casualties havingbeen almost entirely due to the fire of the rebel sharpshooters during the 87 — TWO THOUSAND MILES IN A GIG
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