Coal Heaver James R. Garrison (Civil War) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/hampton.asp. He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Navy for actions on board the U.S.S. Hartford during the Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864. Born on June 22, 1838, in Poughkeepsie, New York, Garrison was still living in that state when he joined the Navy on December 17, 1861. He served during the Civil War as a coal heaver on Admiral David Farragut's flagship, the USS Hartford. At the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, he lost a toe to Confederate fire, but continued his duties at the shell whip (a device used to lift ammunition up to the gun deck) until receiving a second, severe, wound. Garrison died in 1908 
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