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Patrick Murphy

1823 – 1895
Medal of Honor - Navy
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Patrick Murphy. Patrick was 72 years old.

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Medal of Honor Recipient Patrick Murphy
Medal of Honor Recipient Patrick Murphy
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Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor
5 August 1864 · USS Metacomet, Mobile Bay · Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.

Served as boatswain's mate on board the U.S.S. Metacomet, 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, Murphy performed his duties with skill and courage throughout a 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.

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Medal of Honor - Navy August 5, 1864 · USS Metacomet, Mobile Bay · Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.
Served as boatswain's mate on board the U.S.S. Metacomet, 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, Murphy performed his duties with skill and courage throughout a 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.
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