Given the question: Facts: - placeofburial label: place of burial - battles: american civil war battle of mobile bay - death date: 19 april 1908 - allegiance: united states - placeofburial: hampton national cemetery , hampton , virginia - awards: medal of honor - birth date: 22 june 1838 - unit: hartford 1858 6 - name: james r. garrison - branch: united states navy - birth place: poughkeepsie , new york - rank: coal heaver Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james r. garrison .
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james r. garrison -lrb- june 22 , 1838 -- april 19 , 1908 -rrb- 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 on june 22 , 1838 , in poughkeepsie , new york , garrison was still living in that state when he joined the navy .he served during the civil war as a coal heaver on admiral david farragut 's flagship , the .at the battle of mobile bay on august 5 , 1864 , he lost a toe to confederate fire but continued his duties at the shell whip -lrb- a device used to lift ammunition up to the gun deck -rrb- until receiving a second , severe , wound .for this action , he was awarded the medal of honor four months later , on december 31 , 1864 .garrison 's official medal of honor citation reads : on board the flagship , u.s.s. '' hartford '' , during successful engagements against fort morgan , rebel gunboats and the ram '' tennessee '' in mobile bay , on 5 august 1864 .when a shell struck his foot and severed one of his toes , garrison remained at his station at the shell whip and , after crudely bandaging the wound , continued to perform his duties until severely wounded by another shellburst .garrison died on april 19 , 1908 , at age 69 and was buried at hampton national cemetery in hampton , virginia .