SANDERSON, AARON
Rank and Organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Entered Service At:
Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: North Carolina. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865.
Citation:
Served on board the U.S.S. Wyandank during a boat expedition up Mattox Creek, 17 March
1865. Participating with a boat crew in the clearing of Mattox Creek, L/man Anderson
carried out his duties courageously in the face of a devastating fire which cut away half
the oars, pierced the launch in many places and cut the barrel off a musket being fired at
the enemy.
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