The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Master At Arms James Seanor, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving as Master at Arms on board the U.S. Ironclad Chickasaw, Mobile Bay, Alabama, 5 August 1864. Although his enlistment was up, Master at Arms Seanor volunteered for the battle of Mobile Bay, going on board the Chickasaw from the Vincennes where he carried out his duties gallantly throughout the engagement which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee.