There are nine Medals awarded for actions on this day, and this grouping has some interesting fillips scattered among them. They span the Civil War, Indian Campaigns, Philippine Insurrection, Korea and Vietnam. Three awards are posthumous.Civil War. Cox'n Cooper earns his second award, the first being earned at Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864.COOPER, JOHN (SECOND AWARD) Citation: Served as quartermaster on Acting Rear Admiral Thatcher's staff. During the terrific fire at Mobile, on 26 April 1865, at the risk of being blown to pieces by exploding shells, Cooper advanced through the burning locality, rescued a wounded man from certain death,...
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