Medal of Honor
March 11, 1862
near Brunswick, Georgia, USA
- Rank at action
- Landsman
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Pocahontas
The Citation
Sources ↓Harrington, a landsman from the U.S.S. Pocahontas, participated in a shore mission to procure meat for the ship's crew. While returning to the beach, the party was fired on from ambush and several men killed or wounded. Cool and courageous throughout his action, Harrington rendered gallant service against the enemy and in administering to the casualties.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Daniel C Harrington — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-02
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003382
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-02
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 11
- Accredited to
- Massachusetts
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 68df8e2a7bf0c4b835dd8297c1feeb3fb1ea566fcc42e4a12625b642c8aef39c
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official reference profile resolves the legacy name to Daniel C Harrington. The current URL is outside the inherited candidate set, and the shorter legacy name remains preserved as an alias.