MADDEN, WILLIAM
Rank and Organization: Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy. Born: 1843, England. Accredited
To: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during the successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel
gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Stationed in the immediate
vicinity of the shell whips, which were twice cleared of men by bursting shells, Madden
remained steadfast at his post and performed his duties in the powder division throughout
the furious action 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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