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Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Landsman John H. Lawson, US Navy
A portrait of John H. Lawson wearing his decorations, including the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to him for heroism while wounded on duty as a U.S. Navy landsman during the Civil War.
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Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1837, Pennsylvania. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the flagship U.S.S. Hartford during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864. Wounded in the leg and thrown violently against the side of the ship when an enemy shell killed or wounded the 6-man crew as the shell whipped on the berth deck, Lawson, upon regaining his composure, promptly returned to his station and, although urged to go below for treatment, steadfastly continued his duties throughout the remainder of the action.
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