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Surnames: CARR
Classification: Military
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Source:
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/mohciv.htm
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CARR, WILLIAM M.
Rank and organization: Master-at-Arms, U.S. Navy. Birth: Baltimore, Md. G.O. No.: 45, 31
December 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Richmond 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, Carr
performed his duties with skill and courage throughout the prolonged battle which resulted
in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the successful attacks carried out on
Fort Morgan.