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Recipient of the Medal of Honor for valor on the Battle of Cellular Bay, Miles Oviatt of Olean, New York exemplified the courage and traditions of america Marine Corps from the Civil War till the prevailing day.
Oviatt’s voyages aboard the usS. Vanderbilt and the usS. Brooklyn furnished many incidents for his diaries. His descriptions of the battles of Cellular Bay, where he was once concerned with a gun battle for 2 hours till the give up of the Confederate ram Tennessee, and of Fort Fisher are highlights of the book.