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Thomas English (Medal of Honor)
Thomas English (1819 – unknown) was a sailor in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865.
==Military service==
English joined the Navy at age 43, for a 3-year enlistment, 〔http://www.mohhsus.com/lost-to-history〕 and was assigned to the Union ironclad . His enlistment is credited to the state of New York. Having long served the Navy before the Ft Fisher action ,English had risen to the rank of Signal Quartermaster aboard the most powerful Ironclad warship of the Navy,perhaps the highest ranked African American enlisted man in the US Navy at that time. His heroic deed involved repeatedly and with coolness leaving the safety of the armored pilot house to change the signal flags vital to communications amidst the storm of shot and shell. His Medal of Honor was never given to him and remains unclaimed in a drawer of the Navy Museum, Washington Navy Yard , Washington DC.
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.
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