Medal of Honor
August 5, 1864
Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA
- Rank at action
- Seaman
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Oneida
The Citation
Sources ↓Served on board the U.S.S. Oneida in the engagement at Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Acting as an aid to the executive officer, Woram carried orders intelligently and correctly, distinguishing himself by his cool courage throughout the battle which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee and the damaging of Fort Morgan.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Charles B. Woram — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002782
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 45
- Accredited to
- New York
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 83e00f07fd9a078f0052b5393be5e55e30dee4ae3d945838dd0fb08acce207a3
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current rendered citation spells Mobile as “Moblie”; retain the accurate legacy wording and preserve the source typo as an attributed variant.