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Photo # NH 79924:  Chief Quartermaster Cornelius Cronin

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Chief Quartermaster Cornelius Cronin, USN, (1838-1912)

Cornelius Cronin was born on 10 March 1838 in Ireland. He entered the US Navy in Michigan and served in the Civil War as a crewmember of USS Richmond. Cronin steered Richmond during the Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama on 5 August 1864, as it engaged Fort Morgan and Confederate ships, and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his conduct. Previously, he had participated in the April 1862 actions at Fort Jackson, Fort St. Philip, and Chalmette, Louisana. Later that year, he took part in the attacks on the batteries below Vicksburg, Mississippi. Cornelius Cronin died on 18 August 1912 at Brooklyn, New York.

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Photo #: NH 79924

Chief Quartermaster Cornelius Cronin


Halftone reproduction of a photograph, published in "Deeds of Valor," Volume II, page 64, by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, 1907.

Cornelius Cronin received the Medal of Honor for expertly steering USS Richmond as she fired upon Fort Morgan and Confederate ships during the Battle of Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864.

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Medal of Honor citation of Chief Quartermaster Cornelius Cronin (as printed in the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 21):

"On board the U.S.S. Richmond in action at Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864. Cool and vigilant at his station throughout the prolonged action, CRONIN watched for signals and skillfully steered the ship as she trained her guns on Fort Morgan and on ships of the Confederacy despite extremely heavy return fire. He participated in the actions at Forts Jackson and St. Phillip, with the Chalmette batteries, at the surrender of New Orleans, and in the attacks on batteries below Vicksburg."


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