William Williams-Philadelphia, PA
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 56.196 W 075° 14.424
18S E 479460 N 4420748
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action on board the USS Lehigh at Charleston Harbor, SC on November 16, 1863. He is buried in Mount Moriah, US Naval Plot in Section 2, Row 23, Grave 13.
Waymark Code: WM11217
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2019
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He was born in 1840 in Ireland and died on May 5, 1893 in Philadelphia, PA His Medal of Honor information and citation is: WILLIAMS, WILLIAM
• Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy
• Accredited to: Pennsylvania
• G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Lehigh, Charleston Harbor, 16 November 1863, during the hazardous task of freeing the Lehigh, which had been grounded, and was under heavy enemy fire from Fort Moultrie. After several previous attempts had been made, Williams succeeded in passing in a small boat from the Lehigh to the Nahant with a line bent on a hawser. This courageous action while under severe enemy fire enabled the Lehigh to be freed from her helpless position.
Photo taken by SCV-PA and posted on Findagrave.
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