Medal of Honor Action Place: Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA
Citation
As captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Densmore fought his gun with skill and courage throughout a furious two-hour battle, which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
Additional Details
Accredited to: New York
Awarded Posthumously: No
Born: 1843, NY, United States
Died: June 17, 1865, Philadelphia (Naval Hospital), PA, United States
Buried: New Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Location of Medal:
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD