Edward B. Young
United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
About Edward B. Young
Lived 1835 – 1867 (aged 31–32). Edward B. Young was an American coxswain.
Edward B. Young (c. 1835 – February 24, 1867) 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 about 1835 in Bergen, New Jersey, Young joined the Navy from that city. He served in the Civil War as a coxswain on the . During the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, he displayed "skill and courage" as his ship assisted the disabled while under heavy fire. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor the next year, on June 22, 1865. in Bensalem, Pennsylvania in 1947.
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Who was Edward B. Young?
United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
When was Edward B. Young born?
Edward B. Young was born in 1835 in Bergen Township.
When did Edward B. Young die?
Edward B. Young died on 24 February 1867.
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Edward B. Young was a coxswain.
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Edward B. Young was American.
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