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Thomas Irving

Coxswain
1842
Medal of Honor - Navy
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Coxswain Thomas Irving served the U.S. Navy.

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U.S. Navy
Coxswain
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor
16 November 1863 · USS Lehigh, Charleston Harbor · Coxswain, U.S. Navy.

Served on board the U.S.S. Lehigh, Charleston Harbor, 16 November 1863, during the hazardous task of freeing the Lehigh, which had grounded, and was under heavy enemy fire from Fort Moultrie. Rowing the small boat which was used in the hazardous task of transferring hawsers from the Lehigh to the Nahant. Irving twice succeeded in making the trip, while under severe fire from the enemy, only to find that each had been in vain when the hawsers were cut by hostile fire and chaffing.

32, 16 April 1864.
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Medal of Honor - Navy November 16, 1863 · USS Lehigh, Charleston Harbor · Coxswain, U.S. Navy. 32, 16 April 1864.
Served on board the U.S.S. Lehigh, Charleston Harbor, 16 November 1863, during the hazardous task of freeing the Lehigh, which had grounded, and was under heavy enemy fire from Fort Moultrie. Rowing the small boat which was used in the hazardous task of transferring hawsers from the Lehigh to the Nahant. Irving twice succeeded in making the trip, while under severe fire from the enemy, only to find that each had been in vain when the hawsers were cut by hostile fire and chaffing.
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Medal of Honor - Navy

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