DAVIS, SAMUEL W.
Rank and Organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1845, Maine. Accredited
To: Maine. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel
gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to
his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks from stem to
stern, Davis exercised extreme courage and vigilance while acting as a look-out for
torpedoes and other obstructions throughout the furious battle which resulted in the
surrender of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of
batteries at Fort Morgan.
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