Medal of Honor
1864-08-05
Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA
- Rank at action
- Boatswain’s Mate
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Brooklyn
The Citation
Sources ↓On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks from stem to stern, Dennis displayed outstanding skill and courage in operating the torpedo catcher and in assisting in working the bow chasers throughout the furious battle which resulted in the surrender of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
Sources & record notes
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- Richard Dennis — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002847
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Accredited to
- Massachusetts
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- efce58e84e1434ad6cae7e9263fb2f19600cc96377192dde91b434eab719d732
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Documented alternate name retained as an alias.