Robert B. Wood
United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
About Robert B. Wood
Lived 1836 – 1878 (aged 41–42). Robert B. Wood was a coxswain.
Robert B. Wood (c. 1836 – July 1, 1878) 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 Suffolk.
Born in about 1836 in New Garden, Ohio, Wood was still living in that city when he joined the Navy. He served during the Civil War as a coxswain on the . During the Battle of Suffolk on April 14, 1863, he was temporarily assigned to the as it conducted operations on the Nansemond River in Virginia. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor three months later, on July 10, 1863.
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Who was Robert B. Wood?
United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
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Robert B. Wood was born in 1836 in New Garden.
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Robert B. Wood died on 1 July 1878.
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Robert B. Wood was a coxswain.
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