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Headstone of Bartholomew Diggins
Headstone of Bartholomew Diggins
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Bartholomew Diggins

1844 – 1917
Medal of Honor - Navy
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Bartholomew Diggins served the U.S. Navy. Bartholomew was 72 years old.

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Bartholomew Diggins
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Service Record
U.S. Navy
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor
5 August 1864 · USS Hartford, Mobile Bay · Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy.

On board the flagship, U.S.S. Hartford, 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, Diggins, as loader of a gun, remained steadfast at his post throughout the furious 2-hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.

391, 12 November 1891.
Awards & Decorations 1

For valor

Medal of Honor - Navy August 5, 1864 · USS Hartford, Mobile Bay · Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. 391, 12 November 1891.
On board the flagship, U.S.S. Hartford, 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, Diggins, as loader of a gun, remained steadfast at his post throughout the furious 2-hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
Burial Information
Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery
Section 13
Grave 5400-15
In Our Keeping
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