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Joseph Ebur Vantine (March 1835 – May 4, 1904) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the American Civil War. ==Biography== Joseph Vantine was born in March 1835 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, Vantine served as a First Class Fireman aboard the steamship . As a fireman, Vantine's duties were to tend to the ship's steam boilers. In the prelude to the siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, Rear Admiral David Farragut attempted to move a flotilla of ships, including the ''Richmond'', up the Mississippi River past the town of Port Hudson. On March 14, 1863, the flotilla reached the town and came under heavy fire from Confederate artillery batteries. The enemy guns inflicted severe damage on the Union flotilla, forcing most of the ships to turn back. During the battle, the ''Richmonds fireroom, which housed its boilers, was damaged by an enemy shell and began to fill with hot steam. Vantine entered the room and "hauled the fires", or put out the furnaces, to prevent further danger. For his actions he was awarded the Medal of Honor four months later, on July 10, 1863. Vantine reached the rank of Second Class Fireman before leaving the Navy. He died at age 69 and was buried at Glebe Cemetery in New Castle, Delaware. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph E. Vantine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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