How to Pronounce Thomas Cripps
#50
Most Popular
Boost
Nov 29, 1840 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Died on 08 Dec 1906 (aged 66)
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
SagittariusThomas Cripps - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
Thomas Cripps, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Family, Facts, Age, Net Worth, Biography and More in FamedBorn.com
About Thomas Cripps
- Thomas H.
- Cripps (November 29, 1840 – December 4, 1906) was a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who became a U.S.
- Medal of Honor winner during the American Civil War.
- While serving in the Union Navy as a quartermaster aboard the USS Richmond, he operated one of that's ship's guns under heavy enemy fire for two hours during the Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama on August 5, 1864, helping to damage the CSS Tennessee and destroy artillery batteries of the Confederate States Army at Fort Morgan, even as the enemy's shell and shot damaged his ship and killed several of his fellow crewmen.
- For those actions, he was awarded his nation's highest honor for bravery on December 31, 1864.
