DAVIS, SAMUEL W. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1845, Maine.
Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board
the U.S.S. Brooklyn during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel
gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 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, Davis exercised extreme courage
and vigilance while acting as a look-out for torpedoes and other obstructions
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.
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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