McCULLOCK, ADAM
Rank and Organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1830, Maine. Accredited
To: Maine. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Lackawanna during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel
gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Wounded when an enemy
shell struck, and ordered to go below, McCullock refused to leave his station and
continued to perform his duties throughout the prolonged action which resulted in the
capture of the prize ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of Fort Morgan.
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