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Edward Price

1840
Medal of Honor - Navy

Edward Price served the U.S. Navy.

Service Record
U.S. Navy
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor
5 August 1864 · USS Brooklyn, Mobile Bay · Coxswain, U.S. Navy.

On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. When the sponge broke, leaving the head in the gun, and completely disabling the weapon, Price immediately cleared it by pouring powder into the vent and blowing the sponge head out, thereafter continuing to man the weapon until the close of the furious action which resulted in the capture of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the infliction of damage and destruction on Fort Morgan.

45, 31 December 1864.
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Medal of Honor - Navy August 5, 1864 · USS Brooklyn, Mobile Bay · Coxswain, U.S. Navy. 45, 31 December 1864.
On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. When the sponge broke, leaving the head in the gun, and completely disabling the weapon, Price immediately cleared it by pouring powder into the vent and blowing the sponge head out, thereafter continuing to man the weapon until the close of the furious action which resulted in the capture of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the infliction of damage and destruction on Fort Morgan.
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Medal of Honor - Navy

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