the fort against the storming party, the ship's battery disabled nearly every gun on the fort facing the shore before the cease-fire orders were given by the flagship. General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 59 (June 22, 1865) Action Date: December 24–25, 1864 & January 13–15, 1865 Service: Navy Rank: Signal Quartermaster Division: U.S.S. New Ironsides See also List of Medal of Honor recipients List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F List of African-American Medal of Honor recipients Notes References External links The Capture of Fort Fisher 1819 births 1868 deaths Union Navy sailors United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients Military personnel from New York City American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor burials at sea people who died at sea