Robert B. Wood-Hanoverton, OH
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Don.Morfe
N 40° 45.294 W 080° 56.622
17T E 504752 N 4511550
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action on board the USS Mount Washington during action in the Nansemond River, VA on April 14, 1863. He is buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Hanoverton.
Waymark Code: WM1131V
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 08/07/2019
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He was born IN 1836 in New Garden, OH and died on July 1, 1878 in Columbus, OH. He was reinterred from Columbus State Hospital Cemetery, Columbus, OH in June 1998. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: WOOD, ROBERT B.
• Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy
• Accredited to: Ohio
• G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863
Citation: Attached to the U.S.S. Minnesota and temporarily serving on the U.S.S. Mount Washington, during action against the enemy in the Nansemond River, 14 April 1863. When the U.S.S. Mount Washington drifted against the bank and all men were driven from the decks by escaping steam following several successive hits which struck her boilers and stopped her engines, Wood boarded the stricken vessel and, despite a strike on the head by a spent ball, continued at his gun for 6 hours as fierce artillery and musketry continued to rake her decks.
Armed Service: Navy
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