Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Landsman in the Union Navy. His citation reads "Served on board the USS Lackawanna during the successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Displaying great coolness and exemplary behavior as first sponger of a gun, Cassidy, by his coolness under fire, throughout the action which resulted in the capture of the prize ram Tennessee and in the destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan."
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Landsman in the Union Navy. His citation reads "Served on board the USS Lackawanna during the successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Displaying great coolness and exemplary behavior as first sponger of a gun, Cassidy, by his coolness under fire, throughout the action which resulted in the capture of the prize ram Tennessee and in the destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan."
Bio by: Don Morfe
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