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Home Town Baltimore, Md.
Last Address Norfolk, Virginia
Date of Passing May 02, 1884
Location of Interment Elmwood Cemetery - Norfolk, Virginia
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Master-at-Arms in the Union Navy.
The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the
Medal of Honor
to
WILLIAM M. CARR
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.
Other Comments:
Official records of the Union and Confederate navies in the War of the Rebellion; By United States Naval War Records Office, and the United States Office of Naval Records and Library.
WEST GULF BLOCKADING SQUADRON
William M. Carr, master at arms, is recommended for coolness, energy, and zeal in the action in mobile Bay on the morning and forenoon of August 5, 1864. Volunteered to direct, under the orders of the commander of the division, the passing of shells from the shell room, in addition to his duties connected with the care of lights, which he performed most satisfactorily. He has been master at arms on board the Richmond since September, 1860. Has been master at arms on Fort McRee, at the Head of the Passes of the Mississippi, forts Jackson and St. Philip, the Chalmeettes, the rebl inclads and gunboast below New Orleans, vicksburg, Port Hudson, and present at the surrender of New Orleans.
Signed: Thornton A. Jenkins, Captain
1862-1864, Ship's Corporal, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, West Gulf Blockading Squadron
Other Memories WEST GULF BLOCKADING SQUADRON William M. Carr, master at arms, is recommended for coolness, energy, and zeal in the action in mobile Bay on the morning and forenoon of August 5, 1864. Volunteered to direct, under the orders of the commander of the division, the passing of shells from the shell room, in addition to his duties connected with the care of lights, which he performed most satisfactorily. Has been master at arms on Fort McRee, at the Head of the Passes of the Mississippi, forts Jackson and St. Philip, the Chalmeettes, the rebl inclads and gunboast below New Orleans, vicksburg, Port Hudson, and present at the surrender of New Orleans.
