Advertisement

Adam McCullock Jr.
Cenotaph

Advertisement

Adam McCullock Jr. Famous memorial Veteran

Birth
Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA
Death
31 Dec 1864 (aged 34)
Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA
Cenotaph
Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA GPS-Latitude: 44.3526993, Longitude: -69.7873993
Plot
Section GR, Row 1, Site 3
Memorial ID
View Source
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He entered the service at Augusta, Maine. He served in the Union Navy as a seaman. His citation reads "On board the USS Lackawanna during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats, and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Wounded when an enemy shell struck and ordered to go below, McCullock refused to leave his station and continued to perform his duties throughout the prolonged action which resulted in the capure of the prize ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of Fort Morgan."
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He entered the service at Augusta, Maine. He served in the Union Navy as a seaman. His citation reads "On board the USS Lackawanna during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats, and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Wounded when an enemy shell struck and ordered to go below, McCullock refused to leave his station and continued to perform his duties throughout the prolonged action which resulted in the capure of the prize ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of Fort Morgan."

Bio by: Don Morfe



Advertisement

Advertisement

How famous was Adam McCullock Jr.?

Current rating: 4.36364 out of 5 stars

33 votes

Sign-in to cast your vote.

  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Don Morfe
  • Added: Sep 2, 2005
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11667011/adam-mccullock: accessed ), memorial page for Adam McCullock Jr. (1 Jan 1830–31 Dec 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11667011, citing Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Blue Star Avenue, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.