PARKS, GEORGE
Rank and Organization: Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy. Born: 1823,
Schenectady, N.Y. Accredited To: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with
the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of
several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Parks performed his duties with skill
and courage throughout a furious 2-hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the
rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
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