Michael Cassidy-Hampton, VA
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Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action on board the USS Lackawanna during the attacks against the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. He is buried in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, VA in the Phoebus Section B, Site 9503.
Waymark Code: WMYTJJ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/23/2018
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He was born in 1837 in Ireland and died on March 18, 1908 in Hampton, VA. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: CASSIDY, MICHAEL
• Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy
• Accredited to: New York
• G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864
Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Lackawanna during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Displaying great coolness and exemplary behavior as first sponger of a gun, Cassidy, by his coolness under fire, received the applause of his officers and the guncrew throughout the action which resulted in the capture of the prize ram Tennessee and in the destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
Armed Service: Navy
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