From the Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Vol. 31.
DENNIS CONLON: Seaman on the USS Agawam; one of the crew of the powder boat Louisiana which exploded December 23, 1864. Volunteered for this duty.
WILLIAM C. CONNOR: Boatswain's Mate on USS Howquah. At the destruction of the blockade-runner Lynx, September 25, 1864 at night "performed his duty faithfully under the most trying circumstances, standing firmly at his post in the midst of a cross-fire from the Confederate shore batteries and our own vessels.
--Old B-Runner
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