Lorenzo Denning AKA Lorenzo Deming-New Britain, CT
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N 41° 40.434 W 072° 46.074
18T E 685803 N 4615977
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action on board the U.S. Picket Boat No. 1 on October 27, 1864 against the Confederate ram Albemarle. He has an “In Memory Of” marker in Fairview Cemetery, New Britain, CT in Section 3.
Waymark Code: WMYXZR
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2018
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He served in the military as Lorenzo Denning. His true name was Lorenzo Deming. He was born on September 6, 1843 in Granby, CT and died on February 8, 1865 in Salisbury Confederate Prison, now Salisbury National Cemetery, Salisbury, NC. He is one of 11,700 unknowns buried in a long trench. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: DENNING, LORENZO
• Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy
• Entered service at: New York, N.Y.
• G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864
Citation: Denning served on board the U.S. Picket Boat No. 1 in action, 27 October 1864, against the Confederate ram Albemarle which had resisted repeated attacks by our steamers and had kept a large force of vessels employed in watching her. The picket boat, equipped with a spar torpedo, succeeded in passing the enemy pickets within 20 yards without being discovered and then made for the Albemarle under a full head of steam. Immediately taken under fire by the ram, the small boat plunged on, jumped the log boom which encircled the target and exploded its torpedo under the port bow of the ram. The picket boat was destroyed by enemy fire and almost the entire crew taken prisoner or lost.
Armed Service: Navy
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