YOUNG, WILLIAM
Rank and Organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. navy. Born: 1835, New York.
Accredited To: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Cayuga during the capture of Forts St. Philip and Jackson and the
taking of New Orleans, 24 and 25 April 1862. As his ship led the advance column toward the
barrier and both forts opened fire simultaneously, striking the vessel from stem to stern,
Young calmly manned a Parrot gun throughout the action in which attempts by three rebel
steamers to butt and board were thwarted and the ships driven off or captured, 11 gunboats
were successfully engaged and garrisons forced to surrender. During the battle, the Cayuga
sustained 46 hits.
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