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Medal of Honor Recipient

Amos Bradley

U.S. Navy · Civil War

MOH-RC-002206Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

April 24, 1862

Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana, USA

Rank at action
Landsman
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
USS Varuna

The Citation

Sources ↓
Served on board the U.S.S. Varuna in one of the most responsible positions, during the attacks on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and while in action against the rebel ship Morgan, 24 April 1862. Although guns were raking the decks from behind him, Bradley remained steadfast at the wheel throughout the thickest of the fight, continuing at his station and rendering service with the greatest courage until his ship, repeatedly holed and twice rammed by the rebel ship Morgan, was beached and sunk.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Amos Bradley — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002216
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
11
Accredited to
New York
Archive transcription SHA-256
4a7ca35e902ed6d767c5d68ec0436de28e1e0248d3c053ac507ff7bd17a1b367

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The inherited rank-1 Society candidate was confirmed by substantive comparison of identity, service, rank, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The current profile records USS Varuna; the inherited unit field Not documented remains preserved as a source variant. The previously unnormalized action date is controlled as 1862-04-24 from the current authoritative profile. The controlled historical action place is Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana, USA; the complete inherited geocoder value Fort Jackson, NY 12965, USA remains preserved in the audit evidence. The current authoritative profile classifies the action under Civil War; the inherited unclassified value remains preserved in the audit record. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.

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