caption serviceyears branch birth_place allegiance unit awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date rank image article_title name
the been awarded to seaman barton in 1863 us navy medal of honor as would have 1861 - 1864 united states navy cleveland , ohio united states hunchback medal of honor place of burial american civil war joint expedition against franklin 1831 acting master 's mate us . png navy medal of honor -lrb- 1862 original -rrb- thomas barton -lrb- medal of honor -rrb-
 thomas barton
thomas barton -lrb- medal of honor -rrb-

thomas c. barton -lrb- born 1831 in cleveland , ohio -rrb- was an american seaman who served in the union navy during the american civil war .
barton enlisted in the navy in june 1861 , and resigned in april 1864 .
while serving aboard the during the joint expedition against franklin , barton extinguished an ignited howitzer shell which had fallen onto the deck .
for this action , barton was promoted to acting master 's mate and awarded the medal of honor on 3 april 1863 ; the citation for the latter read : on board the u.s.s. hunchback in the attack on franklin , va. , 3 october 1862 .
when an ignited shell , with cartridge attached , fell out of the howitzer upon the deck , s/man barton promptly seized a pail of water and threw it upon the missile , thereby preventing it from exploding .
