Medal of Honor Action Place: Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA
Citation
On board the flagship U.S.S. Hartford, during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats, and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Although a patient in the sick bay, O'Connell voluntarily reported at his station at the shell whip and continued to perform his duties with zeal and courage until his right hand was severed by an enemy shellburst.
Additional Details
Accredited to: New York, New York
Awarded Posthumously: No
Born: 1842, Ireland
Died: August 29, 1899, Whitefield, ME, United States
Buried: Resthaven Cemetery, Windsor, ME, United States