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Medal of Honor Recipient

Hugh Logan

U.S. Navy · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-002484Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

December 30, 1862

off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA

Rank at action
Captain of the Afterguard
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
U.S.S. Rhode Island

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Rhode Island which was engaged in rescuing men from the stricken Monitor in Mobile Bay, on 30 December 1862. After the Monitor sprang a leak and went down, Logan courageously risked his life in a gallant attempt to rescue members of the crew. Although sacrificing his life during the hazardous operation, he had made every effort possible to save the lives of his fellow men.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Hugh Logan — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002495
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
59
Accredited to
Massachusetts
Archive transcription SHA-256
82c8dcde331c93a6bd45a00cd4a42bea0e683bc1d6516284a9ac8735960209a2

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

The inherited rank-1 Society candidate was confirmed by substantive comparison of identity, service, rank, unit or command, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The controlled canonical unit or command is U.S.S. Rhode Island; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Rhode Island, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1862-12-30 and classifies the action under U.S. Civil War; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved. The controlled historical action place is off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA; the current structured place off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA and the complete inherited geocoder value Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA remain preserved. The inherited full citation remains canonical and checksum-protected; current rendered wording is preserved separately where transcribed. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.

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