SEANOR, JAMES
Rank and Organization: Master-at-Arms, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833, Boston,
Mass. Accredited To: New York. G.O. No 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation:
Served as master-at-arms on board the U.S. Ironclad Chickasaw, Mobile Bay, 5 August
1864. Although his enlistment was up, Seanor volunteered for the battle of Mobile Bay,
going on board the Chickasaw from the Vincennes where he carried out his duties gallantly
throughout the engagement which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee.
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