Andrew Jackson Tomlin-Goshen NJ - Medal Of Honor Resting Places on Waymarking.com

He was born on March 15, 1845 in Goshen, NJ and died on November 1, 1906 in Goshen, NJ. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: TOMLIN, ANDREW J.
• Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps
• Accredited to: New Jersey
• G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865
Citation: As corporal of the guard on board the U.S.S. Wabash during the assault on Fort Fisher, on 15 January 1865. As 1 of 200 marines assembled to hold a line of entrenchments in the rear of the fort which the enemy threatened to attack in force following a retreat in panic by more than two-thirds of the assaulting ground forces, Cpl. Tomlin took position in line and remained until morning when relief troops arrived from the fort. When one of his comrades was struck down by enemy fire, he unhesitatingly advanced under a withering fire of musketry into an open plain close to the fort and assisted the wounded man to a place of safety.

Armed Service: Marines

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