Andrew J. Tomlin

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Andrew Jackson Tomlin (March 15, 1845 – November 1, 1906) was a United States Marine and a recipient of the American military's highest award – the Medal of Honor – for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher during the Civil War. Tomlin enlisted in the Marine Corps from Philadelphia in July 1863.

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and Organization: '''Report of Lieutenant Louis E. Fagan, Lieut. U.S. Marines, Comd’g Guard, Frigate Wabash:''' Citation:

Post war

After the war, Tomlin returned to his home in New Jersey becoming commissioner of juries in 1880 and Sheriff of Cape May County, New Jersey, in 1895. Tomlin died on November 1, 1906, and is buried in Goshen Methodist Cemetery, in the Goshen section of Middle Township, New Jersey

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