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Adam Duncan

Boatswain's Mate
Medal of Honor - Navy
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Boatswain's Mate Adam Duncan served the U.S. Navy.

Service Record
U.S. Navy
Boatswain's Mate
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor
5 August 1864 · USS Richmond, Mobile Bay · Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.

As captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Duncan fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the prolonged battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the successful attacks carried out on Fort Morgan.

45, 31 December 1864.
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Medal of Honor - Navy August 5, 1864 · USS Richmond, Mobile Bay · Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. 45, 31 December 1864.
As captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Duncan fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the prolonged battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the successful attacks carried out on Fort Morgan.
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U.S. Navy
Medal of Honor - Navy

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