Bartlett Laffey, USN-- Part 2: Medal of Honor at Yazoo City

On March 5, 1864, the Confederates launched a heavy attack on the Union position at Yazoo City, Mississippi,  In the midst of the heated battle, Laffey and a gun crew of a 12-pounder howitzer from the USS Marmora landed and came under heavy fire.

The gun carriage was cut up with bullets and the rammer severed.  Despite this, Laffey and his shipmates stood bravely by the gun and helped turn back the Confederate attack.

Seaman Laffey and two  others from his ship,  Seaman James Stoddard and  William J. Franks, received Medals of Honor for their action that day.

He died in Massachusetts on March 22, 1901.

--Old B-R'er