Photo #: NH 79917
"They Swam to and from Shore, Saving their Comrades."
Artwork by Bacon, published in "Deeds of Valor", Volume
II, page 47, by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, 1907.
It depicts Landsman Thomas E. Corcoran assisting fellow crewmen
of USS Cincinnati as their ship sinks under fire of Confederate
batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 27 May 1863.
He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at this time.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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