b. 1834 Bangor, Maine. d. 19/01/1884 Brooklyn, New York.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 05/08/1864 Mobile Bay, Alabama.
Born in about 1834 in Bangor, Maine, Taylor was still living in that city when he joined the Navy. He served during the Civil War as a coxswain on the USS Metacomet. At the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, he “encouraged the men of the forward pivot gun when the officer in command displayed cowardice”. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor a year later on June 22, 1865.
MOH CITATION:
Served on board the U.S.S. Metacomet during the action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the rebel 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, Taylor encouraged the men of the forward pivot gun when the officer in command displayed cowardice, doing honor to the occasion.
BURIAL LOCATION: CYPRESS HILLS NATIONAL CEMETERY, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
SECTION 17, LOT 160-162, GRAVE 49.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: BELIEVED TO BE FAMILY.