A short bit of information on the five Wyalusing sailors awarded Medals of Honor.
ALEXANDER CRAWFORD-- born 1842, died March 17, 1886. Buried Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
JOHN LAFFERTY-- 1842 to Nov. 13, 19003. Buried Mount Moriah Cemetery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of only 24 to ever win TWO Medals of Honor. The second one was aboard the USS Alaska off the coast of Peru, September 14, 1881, when he hauled the fires from the boiler after the rupture of a stop-valve which could have caused an explosion. Wikipedia, however, in its description of the USS Alaska did not mention the incident. His tombstone is listed as John Laverty, the name he used when he re-enlisted.
BENJAMIN Lloyd-- Coal Heaver-- Born in England 1839.
JOHN H. Lloyd-- born 1831 in New York, NY-- Coxswain.
Charles H. Baldwin-- Coal Heaver-- 1839 to January 22, 1891. Buried Christ church Cemetery, Price Georg's County, Maryland. The destroyer USS Baldwin (DD-624) was named after him.
An Interesting Story. --Blockade-R
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
