CASSIDY, MICHAEL
Rank and Organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1837, Ireland. Accredited
To: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation:
Served on board the U.S.S. Lackawanna during successful attacks against Fort Morgan,
rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Displaying great
coolness and exemplary behavior as first sponger of a gun, Cassidy, by his coolness under
fire, received the applause of his officers and the guncrew throughout the action which
resulted in the capture of the prize ram Tennessee and in the destruction of batteries at
Fort Morgan.
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