From Find-A-Grave.
THOMAS TAYLOR
BIRTH: 1834 Bangor, Maine
DEATH: 19 January 1884, New York City
BURIAL: Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn,
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Medal of Honor recipient born in Bangor, Maine and entered Union Navy from Maine. and attained rank of coxswain.
His citation reads: "Served on board the USS Metacomet during the action against rebel forst and gunboats and with the rebel ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay 5 August 1864.
"Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as the enemy raked her decks, Taylor encouraged the men of the forward pivot gun when the officer in charge displayed cowardice, doing honor to the occasion."
--Old B-Runner
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