Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
Affiliated with New York

Interim 1866-1870

These names were obtained from the Center For Military History at:
http://www.history.army.mil/moh.html

BATES, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1829, Wales. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 77, 1 August 1866. Citation: For heroic conduct in rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell, seamen of the U.S.S. Winooski, off Eastport, Maine, 10 May 1866.

BURKE, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 77, 1 August 1866. Citation: For heroic conduct, with 2 comrades, in rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell, seamen, of the U.S.S. Winooski, off Eastport, Maine, 10 May 1866.

CAREY, JAMES
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1844, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. Citation: Seaman on board the U.S.S. Huron, saving 3 shipmates from drowning.

ROBINSON, THOMAS
Rank and organizarion: Captain of the Afterguard, U.S. Navy. Born: 17 May 1837, Norway. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 77, 1 August 1866. Citation: For heroic efforts to save from drowning Wellington Brocar, landsman, of the Tallapoosa, off New Orleans, 15 July 1866.

*N.B. An asterisk in the citation indicates that the award was given posthumously.

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