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William Halstead

Coxswain
1837 – 1916
Medal of Honor - Navy
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Coxswain William Halstead served the U.S. Navy. William was 79 years old.

Service Record
U.S. Navy
Coxswain
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 action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks from stem to stern, Halstead fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the furious battle which resulted in the surrender of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at 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 action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks from stem to stern, Halstead fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the furious battle which resulted in the surrender of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
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Medal of Honor - Navy

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