Medals of Honor
The following crewmen of the New Ironsides were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher:
- James Barnum, Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy
- John Dempster, Coxswain, U.S. Navy
- Thomas English, Signal Quartermaster, U.S. Navy
- Edmund Haffee, Quarter Gunner, U.S. Navy
- Nicholas Lear, Quartermaster, U.S. Navy
- Daniel Milliken, Quarter Gunner, U.S. Navy
- Joseph White, Coxswain, U.S. Navy
- Richard Willis, Coxswain, U.S. Navy
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