Daniel Noble-Gillmore, KY
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N 37° 44.880 W 083° 21.990
17S E 291503 N 4180492
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action on board the USS Metacomet during the rescue of the US Monitor Tecumseh in Mobile Bay, AL on August 5, 1864. He is buried in Childers Cemetery, Gillmore, KY.
Waymark Code: WMZY1N
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 01/21/2019
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He was born in 1838 in Breathitt County, KY and died in 1903 in Wolfe County, KY. He originally enlisted in the Confederate States Army (CSA) in Breathitt County on September 23, 1862. He served as a Private in Company G, 13th Kentucky Cavalry which later became the 10th Regiment Kentucky Infantry. He was captured as a POW on July 9, 1863 at Gladesville, VA. He was then sent to Camp Douglas, IL as a POW. From there he enlisted in the Union Navy on December 23, 1863 and was discharged on April 15, 1865. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: NOBLE, DANIEL
• Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy
• G.O. No.: 71, 15 January 1866
Citation: As landsman on board the U.S.S. Metacomet, Noble served among the boat's crew which went to the rescue of the U.S. Monitor Tecumseh when that vessel was struck by a torpedo in passing enemy forts in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Noble braved the enemy fire which was said by the admiral to be "one of the most galling" he had ever seen and aided in rescuing from death 10 of the crew of the Tecumseh, thereby eliciting the admiration of both friend and foe.
Armed Service: Navy
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