Medal of Honor
August 26, 1881
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
- Rank at action
- Ship's Cook
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- Interim 1871 - 1899
- Unit or command
- U.S. Training Ship Minnesota
The Citation
Sources ↓For jumping overboard from the U.S. Training Ship Minnesota, at Newport, R.l., 26 August 1881, and sustaining until picked up by a boat from the ship, C. Lorenze, captain of the forecastle, who had fallen overboard.
Sources & record notes
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- Adam Weissel — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002756
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-31
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 326
- Accredited to
- New York
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 67589dd38d2e59f0ecb94de658b21967ea8347bdf6fd144a24e14a42785fee7a
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