LAFFEY, BARTLETT
Rank and Organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1841, Ireland. Accredited
To: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864.
Citation:
Off Yazoo City, Miss., 5 March 1864, embarking from the Marmora with a 12-pound
howitzer mounted on a field carriage, Laffey landed with the gun and crew in the midst of
heated battle and, bravely standing by his gun despite enemy rifle fire which cut the gun
carriage and rammer, contributed to the turning back of the enemy during the fierce
engagement.
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