Bartlett Laffey was born in 1841 in Ireland and enlisted in the US Navy in 1862.
   Assigned to stern-wheel gunboat USS Marmora, he landed a 12-pounder howitzer at Yazoo City, Mississippi during a Confederate attack and helped repulse the assault, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
   He died at Chelsea, Massachusetts 22 March 1901.

CITATION:
Off Yazoo City, Miss., 5 March 1864, embarking from the Marmora with a 12-pound howitzer mounted on a field carriage, Laffey landed with the gun and crew in the midst of heated battle and, bravely standing by his gun despite enemy rifle fire which cut the gun carriage and rammer, contributed to the turning back of the enemy during the fierce engagement.