ROANTREE, JAMES S.
Rank and Organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1835, Dublin,
Ireland. Accredited To: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Oneida 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 and penetrated her boilers, Sgt.
Roantree performed his duties with skill and courage throughout the furious 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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