| Birth: | 1827 | | Death: | May 28, 1890 | 
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. His MOH grave stone marker has inscribed the name Barnet Kennea. He served as a Quartermaster in the Union Navy. His citation reads "On board the USS Brooklyn during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks from stem to stern, Kenna fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the furious acton which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan."
Search Amazon for Barnett Kenna | | | Burial:
Cherry Hill Cemetery
Gloucester
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA
Plot: GAR Plot, Section C, Lot 155 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Don Morfe
Record added: Dec 04, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 8154806 |
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