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Medal of Honor Recipient

George Prance

U.S. Navy · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-002607Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

December 24, 1864–January 15, 1865

Fort Fisher, North Carolina, USA

Rank at action
Captain of the Main Top
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
U.S.S. Ticonderoga

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Ticonderoga during attacks on Fort Fisher, 24 and 25 December 1864; and 13 to 15 January 1865. Despite heavy return fire by the enemy and the explosion of the 100-pounder Parrott rifle which killed 8 men and wounded 12 more, Prance as captain of a gun, performed his duties with skill and courage during the first 2 days of battle. As his ship again took position on the line on the 13th, he remained steadfast as the Ticonderoga maintained a well_placed fire upon the batteries on shore, and thereafter as she materially lessened the power of guns on the mound which had been turned upon our assaulting columns. During this action the flag was planted on one of the strongest fortifications possessed by the rebels.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. George Prance — 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-002619
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
59
Accredited to
Massachusetts
Archive transcription SHA-256
97d1448a3245416e23a6cb72b2e9b56fcf49185a2ebedfe742f5f5069b854673

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

Current reference profile confirms identity, USS Ticonderoga, and the December 24, 1864 through January 15, 1865 Fort Fisher action period. 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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