TAYLOR, GEORGE
Rank and Organization: Armorer, U.S. Navy. Born: 1830, Watertown, N.Y. Accredited
To: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Lackawanna during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel
gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. When an enemy shell
exploded in the shellroom, Taylor although wounded went into the room and, with his hand,
extinguished the fire from the explosion. He then carried out his duties during the
remainder of the prolonged action which resulted in the capture of the prize rebel ram
Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of Fort Morgan.
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