FLOOD, THOMAS
Rank and Organization: Boy, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840, Ireland. Accredited
To: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863.
Citation:
Served on board the U.S.S. Pensacola in the attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip and
at the taking of new Orleans, 24 and 25 April 1862. Swept from the bridge by a shell which
wounded the signal quartermaster, Flood returned to the bridge after assisting the wounded
man below and taking over his duties, "Performed them with coolness, exactitude and
the fidelity of a veteran seaman. His intelligence and character cannot be spoken of too
warmly."
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