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Medal of Honor Recipient

James Buck

U.S. Navy · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-002222Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

April 24, 1862–April 25, 1862

Forts Jackson & St. Philip, Louisiana, USA

Rank at action
Quartermaster
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
U.S.S. Brooklyn

The Citation

Sources ↓
Served on board the U.S.S. Brooklyn in the attack upon Forts Jackson and St. Philip and at the taking of New Orleans, 24 and 25 April 1862. Although severely wounded by a heavy splinter, Buck continued to perform his duty until positively ordered below. Later stealing back to his post, he steered the ship for 8 hours despite his critical condition. His bravery was typical of the type which resulted in the taking of the Forts Jackson and St. Philip and in the capture of New Orleans.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. James Buck — 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-002232
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
11
Later or highest recorded rank
Acting Master's Mate
Archive transcription SHA-256
fa5c3bb149d1f680c8936f0416651e4697686ac4cc98d336f384a8bdfb447636

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 action rank Quartermaster remains distinct from the later or highest rank Acting Master's Mate. The controlled canonical unit or command is U.S.S. Brooklyn; the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1862-04-24 through 1862-04-25 and classifies the action under U.S. Civil War; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved in the audit record. The controlled historical action place is Forts Jackson & St. Philip, Louisiana, USA; the complete inherited geocoder value Fort Jackson, Buras-Triumph, LA 70041, USA remains preserved in the audit evidence. 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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