Bartholomew Diggins Seaman, United States Navy |
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on October 9, 1844, he earned the during
the Civil War while serving aboard the USS Hartford at Mobile Bay on August
5, 1864.
He died on February 12, 1917 and was buried in Section 13 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Mary Diggins, lies with him.
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1842, Baltimore, Maryland. Accredited to: Maryland. G.O.. No.: 391, 12 November 1891. Citation: On board the flagship, U.S.S. Hartford, 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, Diggins, as loader of a gun,
remained steadfast at his post throughout the furious 2-hour 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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