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Chief Boatswain's Mate · U.S. Navy

Andrew Jones

Chief Boatswain's Mate Andrew Jones, Navy, received the Medal of Honor for actions on August 5, 1864 at Mobile Bay, Alabama during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War August 5, 1864Born in Ireland

Serving as a sailor in the U.S. Navy, Chief Boatswain's Mate Andrew Jones received the Medal of Honor for his actions on August 5, 1864 at Mobile Bay, Alabama during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with U.S. Ironclad Chickasaw. Jones was about 29 years old.

97 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day.

Jones was born in 1835 in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland — one of 258 recipients born in Ireland. His Medal of Honor is credited to New York, New York.

Jones is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 678 credited to New York.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Served as chief boatswain's mate on board the U.S. Ironclad Chickasaw, Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Although his enlistment was up, Jones volunteered for the battle of Mobile Bay, going on board the Chickasaw from the Vincennes where he then carried out his duties gallantly throughout the engagement with the enemy, which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: Limerick — map

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Timeline

  1. 1835
    Born in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland
  2. August 5, 1864
    Act of valor — Mobile Bay, Alabama
    Age about 29. U.S. Ironclad Chickasaw

Biography

Andrew Jones (born c. 1835, date of death unknown) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay. Born in about 1835 in Limerick, Ireland, Jones immigrated to the United States and was living in New York when he joined the U.S. Navy. He served during the Civil War as a chief boatswain's mate on the USS Vincennes. Although their enlistments had expired, Jones and crewmate James Seanor voluntarily transferred to the USS Chickasaw to fight in the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, during which they "carried out [their] duties gallantly".

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Also honored for actions on August 5, 1864

TA Thomas E. Atkinson Yeoman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JA James Avery Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 CB Charles Baker Quarter Gunner · Navy Civil War · 1864 WB William Blagheen Ship's Cook · Navy Civil War · 1864 JB John Brazell Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 JB John Brown Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1864 RB Robert Brown Captain of the Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 WB William H. Brown Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 WB Wilson Brown Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JB John M. Burns Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 WC William M. Carr Master-at-Arms · Navy Civil War · 1864 MC Michael Cassidy Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864

See all 98 recipients for August 5, 1864 →

More Civil War recipients from New York

John Cleveland Robinson Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1864 TS Thomas Smith Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 Benjamin Franklin Tracy Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 RM Richard Christopher Mangam Private · Army Civil War · 1865 GB Gurdon H. Barter Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1865 JT James Granville Thompson Private · Army Civil War · 1865
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