CARR, WILLIAM M. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Master-at-Arms, U.S. Navy. Birth: Baltimore,
Md. 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.
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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