| 词条 | William Jones (sailor) |
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|name = William Jones |image = |caption = |birth_date = 1831 |death_date = |birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |death_place = |placeofburial = |placeofburial_label = Place of burial |placeofburial_coordinates = |allegiance = United States |branch = United States Navy |serviceyears = |rank = Captain of the Top |unit = {{USS|Richmond|1860|6}} |battles = American Civil War {{*}} Battle of Mobile Bay |awards = Medal of Honor }} William Jones (born 1831, date of death unknown) 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 in 1831 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jones was still living in that city when he joined the Navy. He served during the Civil War as a captain of the top and gun captain on the {{USS|Richmond|1860|6}}. At the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, he "fought his gun with skill and courage" despite heavy fire. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor four months later, on December 31, 1864.[2] Jones's official Medal of Honor citation reads: As captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Jones fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the prolonged battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.[2] References1. ^1 2 {{Cite web | title = Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients (A–L) | work = Medal of Honor Citations | publisher = United States Army Center of Military History | date = June 26, 2011 | url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html | accessdate = September 22, 2012 }} [1]}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, William (sailor)}}{{AmericanCivilWar-bio-stub}} 7 : 1831 births|Year of death missing|Military personnel from Philadelphia|People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War|Union Navy sailors|United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients|American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor |
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