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Barnett Kenna

Field	Value
name	Barnett Kenna
birth_date	1827
death_date	May 28,
birth_place	Canterbury, England
placeofburial	Cherry Hill Cemetery, Gloucester, Massachusetts
placeofburial_label	Place of burial
placeofburial_coordinates
allegiance	United States
branch	United States Navy
serviceyears	1861 - 1866
rank	Quartermaster
unit
battles	American Civil War
Battle of Mobile Bay
awards	Medal of Honor

Battle of Mobile Bay

Barnett Kenna (1827 – May 28, 1890) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay.

Kenna was born in 1827 in Canterbury, England. He joined the US Navy from Boston in November 1861, and served during the Civil War as a quartermaster on the . At the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, he "fought his gun with skill and courage" despite heavy fire. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor four months later, on December 31, 1864. He was discharged in January 1866.

Kenna's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks from stem to stern Kenna fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the furious action which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.

Kenna died on May 28, 1890, at age 62 or 63 and was buried at Cherry Hill Cemetery in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

References

[https://archive.org/stream/massachusettssol81931mass#page/262/mode/2up Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War]
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