b. 1826 New York. d. 17/06/1865 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 05/08/1864 Mobile Bay, Alabama.
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He entered the Union Navy at New York and served as a Chief Boatswain’s Mate. His citation reads: “As captain of a gun on board the USS Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Densmore fought his gun with skill and courage throughout a furious two-hour battle, which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan”. Densmore was originally buried in St Joseph’s Cemetery (aka Bishops Burial Ground) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This cemetery was closed in 1905 and he was reinterred to New Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
MOH CITATION:
As captain of a gun on board the USS Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Densmore fought his gun with skill and courage throughout a furious two-hour battle, which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan
BURIAL LOCATION: NEW CATHEDRAL CEMETERY, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
SECTION G, RANGE 7, LOT 1-3
LOCATION OF MEDAL: U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND.
