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Kearsarge Medal of Honor Recipients
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United States Navy version of Medal of Honor, Civil War era
Seventeen men on the Kearsarge were awarded the Medal of Honor for their heroics in the battle with the Alabama: 
William Smith, Quartermaster
James Saunders, Quartermaster
William Poole, Quartermaster
William Bond, Boatswain's Mate
Thomas Perry, Boatswain's Mate
John Hayes, Coxswain
Charles A. Read, Coxswain
Mark Ham, Carpenter's Mate
John Bickford, Captain of the Top
James H. Lee, Captain of the Top
Robert Strahan, Captain of the Maintop
James Haley, Captain of the Forecastle
Michael Ahern, Paymaster's Steward
George Harrison, Seaman
Charles Moore, Seaman
Joachim Pease, Seaman
George E. Read, Seaman
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