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Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1837 Philadelphia,
Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
As captain of a gun 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, Cripps fought his gun with skill and courage
throughout a furious 2-hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the
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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