This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DUNPHY Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BmT.2ACEB/223 Message Board Post: Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh/Default.htm Note: This is not my ancestry. I am just passing along information that may be useful. DUNPHY, RICHARD D. Rank and organization: Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. Citation: On board the flagship U.S.S. Hartford during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the rebel ram Tennessee, Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. With his ship under terrific enemy shellfire, Dunphy performed his duties with skill and courage throughout this fierce engagement which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee.