branch birth_place allegiance unit awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date rank article_title name
united states navy boston , massachusetts united states vincennes 1826 6 chickasaw 1864 6 medal of honor place of burial american civil war battle of mobile bay 1833 master-at-arms james seanor
 james seanor
james seanor

james seanor -lrb- born 1833 , date of death unknown -rrb- was a master-at-arms in the union navy who served during 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 in 1833 in boston , massachusetts , seanor was living in new york when he joined the navy .
he served during the civil war as a master-at-arms on the .
although their enlistments had expired , seanor and crewmate andrew jones voluntarily transferred to the to fight in the battle of mobile bay on august 5 , 1864 , during which they `` carried out duties gallantly '' .
for this action , both seanor and jones were awarded the medal of honor four months later , on december 31 , 1864 .
seanor 's official medal of honor citation reads : served as master-at-arms on board the u.s. ironclad `` chickasaw '' , mobile bay , 5 august 1864 .
although his enlistment was up , seanor volunteered for the battle of mobile bay , going on board the `` chickasaw '' from the `` vincennes '' where he carried out his duties gallantly throughout the engagement which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram `` tennessee '' .
seanor later served on the , and deserted on christmas day 1868 when the ship was visiting montevideo .
