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Photographer: Don Morfe
Taken: March 8, 2000
Caption: William Carr-Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient
Additional Description: He is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Lot 39. He GPS coordinates are N36.8602 and W76.2819. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: CARR, WILLIAM M. • Rank and organization: Master-at-Arms, U.S. Navy • G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864 Citation: On board the U.S.S. Richmond 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, Carr performed his duties with skill and courage throughout the prolonged battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the successful attacks carried out on Fort Morgan.
Submitted: July 10, 2018, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p434454
File Size: 0.034 Megabytes

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