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Burr coming for ceremony Friday

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Sen. Richard Burr will speak at a ceremony Friday at the Salisbury National Cemetery unveiling a plaque honoring Lorenzo Deming, a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient buried at the cemetery.

Steve L. Muro, acting under secretary for memorial affairs at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, will also take part in the 3 p.m. ceremony.

The Salisbury National Cemetery is at 202 Government Road.

Deming helped stage an attack against the CSS Albemarle near Plymouth, a Veterans Affairs press release said.

The attack resulted in the sinking of the Albemarle, but the crew of the torpedo boat suffered mightily. Two of the crew members died as a result of the attack and two escaped. The remaining 10 — Deming included — were captured by Confederates.

Deming was taken to the Salisbury prison, where he died of pneumonia on Feb. 8, 1865. He was buried in a mass grave at the prison.

Deming, a native of New Britain, Conn., died unaware that he and six of his fellow torpedo-boat crew members were awarded the Medal of Honor by President Abraham Lincoln. It's the most prestigious award presented to members of the U.S. military, awarded to only 3,447 since its inception in 1861.

The ceremony is open to the public.

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