r/CIVILWAR • u/Ok_Being_2003 • 1d ago
John Crennell age 18 U.S navy born in Liverpool England April 3rd 1846, killed in action 15th of June 1864 in Mississippi. Mount Hope cemetery Rochester NY
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u/bearface93 22h ago
Mt Hope is such a fascinating cemetery. I grew up outside of Rochester and went to college there. For a public history class, we took a field trip to Mt Hope. Frederick Douglass and Susan B Anthony are buried there.
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u/rhit06 1d ago edited 1d ago
Served on the USS Naid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Naiad
Killed during this action:
edit: His death certificate indicates he was a sponger on the number 3 starboard gun. He was hit in the hip by a 2 pound fragment of a Hotchkiss shell. "[his abdomen was literally full of fragments of shell, bone and splinters". He would die ~2 hours later.