Thursday, October 16, 2014

Two of the Union Fort Fisher Medals of Honor

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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