William Longshaw , Jr . William LONGSHAW , Jr . ( 26 April 1836 – 15 January 1865 ) was a British born physician who served in the United States Union Navy during the American Civil War . Biography . William LONGSHAW was born in Russell Street , Manchester , Lancashire , England in April 1836 and emigrated to the United States of America with his parents ( William and Margaret ) from the port of Liverpool , Lancashire , England to New York , United States arriving 31 March 1842 on board the Ship ' Siberia ' ( see : - 1841 Census England , Passenger List Arrivals at New York 31 March 1842 , 1850 & 1860 U . S . Federal Census and U . S . 1855 State Census for Lowell , Massachusetts . William was the eldest of two children born to William and Margaret LONGSHAW , his brother Luther M . LONGSHAW was born 31 July 1843 in Lowell , Massachusetts and died 27 May 1921 in Baltimore , Maryland , United States of America . Luther served in the U . S . Military ( Army ) from 1866 to 1875 . He was a 2nd then 1st Lt . in the 4th Infantry Regiment . From the Boston Daily Globe - 31 May 1921 " Funeral this Morning of Lieut . Luther M . LONGSHAW " " The funeral of Lieut . Luther M . LONGSHAW late of Co . C 4th United States Infantry , the son of the late Dr . and Mrs . William LONGSHAW of Cambridge who died last Friday at Baltimore , will be held at 11 o ' clock this morning at Woodlawn Cemetery . " " Lieut . LONGSHAW was a member of the Bar of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia , though he retired from the practice of law several years ago . " " William LONGSHAW applied to the United States Military Academy , New York , in a letter dated 22 February 1853 [ Ref : - 1853 / 168 West Point Academy ] , he stated he would be 17 years old next April ( 1853 ) - his application was accepted . He studied pharmacology at Tulane University ( then named the " University of Louisiana " ) and received a medical degree from the University of Michigan in 1859 . He entered the Navy as an assistant 25 April 1862 . While serving in the screw steamer " Lehigh " , LONGSHAW showed outstanding courage in an engagement with Confederate batteries on Sullivan ' s Island , Charleston , S . C . , 16 November 1863 . After the ship had grounded while shelling Confederate forts at Cummings Point , a hawser had to be passed to steamer " Nahant " , which was standing by . Dr . Longshaw , in an open boat , carried a line for the first two hawsers across to " Nahant " . Confederate fire was so intense that both hawsers were shot away . " Lehigh " was eventually refloated when " Nahant " pulled her free with a third hawser . Longshaw ’ s gallantry in this action was praised by Rear Adm . John A . Dahlgren and Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles . Dr . William LONGSHAW Jr . was killed in the assault on Fort Fisher , 15 January 1865 , while binding up the wounds of a dying marine . Though he had received a leave of absence that same day , he voluntarily postponed his departure to serve during the assault . Dr . William LONGSHAW Jnr . ( 1836 - 1865 ) is buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery , Everett , Middlesex County , Massachusetts , United States of America . Namesake . In 1943 , the destroyer USS " Longshaw " ( DD - 559 ) was named in his honor .