STODDARD, JAMES
Rank and Organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1838, North Carolina. Accredited
To: North Carolina. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864.
Citation:
Off Yazoo City, Miss., 5 March 1864. Embarking from the Marmora with a 12-pound
howitzer mounted on a field carriage, Stoddard landed with the gun and crew in the midst
of heated battle and, bravely standing by his gun despite enemy rifle fire which cut the
gun carriage and rammer, contributed to the turning back of the enemy during the fierce
engagement.
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