BAKER, CHARLES - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Quarter Gunner, U.S. Navy. Born: 1809, Georgetown,
D.C., Entered service at: New York, N.Y. G.O. No.: 71, 15 January 1866.
Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Metacomet. As a member of the boat's
crew which went to the rescue of the U.S. monitor Tecumseh when that vessel
was struck by a torpedo in passing the enemy forts in Mobile Bay, 5 August
1864, Q.G. Baker braved the enemy fire which was said by the admiral to
be "one of the most galling" he had ever seen, and aided in rescuing from
death 10 of the crew of the Tecumseh, eliciting the admiration of both
friend and foe.
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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