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Rank and organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833, Canada.
Accredited to: New York. 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,
Mclntosh 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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