Medal of Honor
January 15, 1865
Fort Fisher, North Carolina, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Wabash
The Citation
Sources ↓As corporal of the guard on board the U.S.S. Wabash during the assault on Fort Fisher, on 15 January 1865. As 1 of 200 marines assembled to hold a line of entrenchments in the rear of the fort which the enemy threatened to attack in force following a retreat in panic by more than two_thirds of the assaulting ground forces, Cpl. Tomlin took position in line and remained until morning when relief troops arrived from the fort. When one of his comrades was struck down by enemy fire, he unhesitatingly advanced under a withering fire of musketry into an open plain close to the fort and assisted the wounded man to a place of safety.
Sources & record notes
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- Andrew J Tomlin — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002730
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-31
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 59
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Sergeant
- Accredited to
- New Jersey
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 98936a34983f650535b334e7e4443ca1388720f7434c077bae9238d013119bbe
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