b. 1831 New York. d. 17/04/1894 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 15/01/1865 Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
Shipman volunteered for service in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the Union sloop-of-war USS Ticonderoga (1862). His enlistment is credited to the state of New York.
On January 15, 1865, the North Carolina Confederate stronghold of Fort Fisher was taken by a combined Union storming party of sailors, marines, and soldiers under the command of Admiral David Dixon Porter and General Alfred Terry.
MOH CITATION:
On board the U.S.S. Ticonderoga in the attack upon Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. As captain of No. 2 gun, stationed near the 100-pound Parrott rifle when it burst into fragments, killing eight men and wounding 12 more, Shipman promptly recognized the effect produced by the explosion and, despite the carnage surrounding them and the enemy’s fire, encouraged the men at their guns by exclaiming, “Go ahead, boys! This is only the fortunes of war!”
BURIAL LOCATION: HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, YEADON, PENNSYLVANIA.
SECTION 3, RANGE 11, LOT 36, GRAVE 2.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
