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Medal of Honor Recipient

Christopher Nugent

U.S. Marine Corps · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-002570Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

June 15, 1863

Crystal River, Florida, USA

Rank at action
Orderly Sergeant
Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
U.S.S. Fort Henry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Serving on board the U.S.S. Fort Henry, Crystal River, Fla., 15 June 1863. Reconnoitering on the Crystal River on this date and in charge of a boat from the Fort Henry, Orderly Sgt. Nugent ordered an assault upon a rebel breastwork fortification. In this assault, the orderly sergeant and his comrades drove a guard of 11 rebels into the swamp, capturing their arms and destroying their camp equipage while gallantly withholding fire to prevent harm to a woman among the fugitives. On 30 July 1863, he further proved his courage by capturing a boat off Depot Key, Fla., containing 2 men and a woman with their baggage.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Christopher Nugent — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002582
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
32
Accredited to
Massachusetts
Archive transcription SHA-256
0d0da9c3b27a861ebc2a7ac1f2a46254f4cf9bd9a1f1f6815eafb756ecd01c91

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

Current reference profile confirms identity, Orderly Sergeant rank, Marine Corps service aboard USS Fort Henry, and the June 15, 1863 Crystal River action. Recovery provenance: the prior live-verification result is reconstructed because the described P10-C060–P10-C062 restart files were not physically available; the verified P10-C059 authority, retained web-reference metadata, legacy record, and prior session evidence are all preserved.

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