This Military Service Page was created/owned by
PO2 Robert Carlson
to remember
Carlson, Morris, LT USN(Ret).
If you knew or served with this Sailor and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
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Date of Passing Nov 21, 1991
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I am making this profile in rememberance of my father, Ed Carlson.
Much of the information here is incomplete and probably only partially accurate. This is because l never had the chance to know him very well. The information that I have been able to post here is taken form old cruise books, a shadowbox containing his ribbon bar and a few other devices, pictures, and a few other sources. Hopefully, over time I will be able to complete this puzzle, piece by piece.
It is my hope also, that in creating this profile, someone who served with him may stumble upon it and will hopefully be willing to provide me with a few more of the pieces I need, as well as possibly give me some personal insight into who my father was as a sailor and a man.
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USS Oriskany (CVA-34) Details
Oriskany
A village in central New York state and the scene of one of the bloodiest battles of the Revolutionary War. During the Saratoga campaign in the summer of 1777, a British force invested Fort Stanwix in central New York, intending to seize control of the Mowhawk Valley and guard the left flank of the British advance on Albany. On 4 August 1777, a relief column of some 800 Tryon County militiamen and 40 Oneida warriors under Brigadier General Nicholas Herkimer and Chief Skenandoah set out from Fort Dayton, some forty miles to the east. Two days later, as the Tryon militia entered the marshy ravine of Oriskany Creek, a smaller force of Tories, Mohawks and Senecas under Sir John Johnson, Col. John Butler and Chief Joseph Brant ambushed the patriot militia. Initially thrown into disorder and suffering heavy losses, Herkimers' force regrouped on higher ground and fought a bitter six hour battle against the Loyalists, marked by hand-to-hand combat with bayonets and tomahawks. Losses at Oriskany were severe and both sides withdrew, with American losses amounting to half the original force, including General Herkimer who died of his wounds a week later. Although the patriots did not then relieve Fort Stanwix, a second expedition forced the British force to lift the siege and retreat to Canada, contributing to British General John Burgoyne's defeat at Saratoga in October.