ATKINSON, THOMAS E. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Yeoman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1824, Salem, Mass. Accredited
to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the
U.S.S. Richmond, Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864; commended for coolness and
energy in supplying the rifle ammunition, which was under his sole charge,
in the action in Mobile Bay on the morning of 5 August 1964. He was a petty
officer on board the U.S. Frigate Congress in 1842-46; was present and
assisted in capturing the whole of the Buenos Ayrean fleet by that vessel
off Montevideo; joined the Richmond in September 1860; was in the action
with Fort McRea, the Head of the Passes of the Mississippi, Forts Jackson
and St. Philip, the Chalmettes, the rebel ironclads and gunboats below
New Orleans, Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and at the surrender of New Orleans.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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