This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barton Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xZC.2ACIB/2381 Message Board Post: Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/mohciv.htm BARTON, THOMAS Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1831, Cleveland, Ohio. Accredited to: Ohio. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Hunchback in the attack on Franklin, Va., 3 October 1862. When an ignited shell, with cartridge attached, fell out of the howitzer upon the deck, S/man Barton promptly seized a pail of water and threw it upon the missile, thereby preventing it from exploding.