SWATTON, EDWARD
Rank and Organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1836, New York, N.Y. Accredited
To: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Santiago de Cuba during the assault on Fort Fisher on 15 January
1865. As one of a boat crew detailed to one of the generals on shore, Swatton bravely
entered the fort in the assault and accompanied his party in carrying dispatches at the
height of the battle. He was 1 of 6 men who entered the fort in the assault from the
fleet.
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