MOLLOY, HUGH
Rank and Organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1832, Illinois. Accredited
To: Illinois. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864.
Citation:
Served on board the U.S.S. Fort Hindman during the engagement near Harrisonburg, La., 2
March 1864. Following a shellburst which mortally wounded the first sponger, who dropped
the sponge out of the forecastle port, Molloy jumped out of the port to the forecastle,
recovered the sponge and sponged and loaded the gun for the remainder of the action from
his exposed position, despite the extreme danger to his person from the raking fire of
enemy musketry.
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