Chief Boatswain's Mate Othniel Tripp was a sailor in the U.S. Navy who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on January 15, 1865 at Fort Fisher, North Carolina during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with U.S.S. Seneca. Tripp was about 39 years old.
30 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day.
Tripp was born in 1826 in Gardner, Kennebec County, Maine. His Medal of Honor is credited to Maine.
Tripp is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 66 credited to Maine.
Official Medal of Honor citation
On board the U.S.S. Seneca in the assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. Despite severe enemy fire which halted an attempt by his assaulting party to enter the stockade, Tripp boldly charged through the gap in the stockade although the center of the line, being totally unprotected, fell back along the open beach and left too few in the ranks to attempt an offensive operation.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: American Civil War.
Places
- Born: Maine — map
Timeline
- 1826Born in Gardner, Kennebec County, Maine
- January 15, 1865Act of valor — Fort Fisher, North CarolinaAge about 39. U.S.S. Seneca
Biography
Othniel Tripp (c. 1826 – unknown) was a sailor in the U.S. Navy stationed aboard the USS Seneca (1861) during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865.
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