DOUGHERTY, PATRICK - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1844, Ireland. Accredited
to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: As a landsman on
board the U.S.S. Lackawanna, Dougherty acted gallantly without orders when
the powder box at his gun was disabled under the heavy enemy fire, and
maintained a supply of powder throughout the prolonged action. Dougherty
also aided in the attacks on Fort Morgan and in the capture of the prize
ram Tennessee.
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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