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Medal of Honor Recipient

James Saunders

U.S. Navy · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-002646Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

June 19, 1864

off Cherbourg, France

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

The Citation

Sources ↓
Served as quartermaster on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge when she destroyed the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864. Carrying out his duties courageously throughout the bitter engagement, Saunders was prompt in reporting damages done to both ships, and it is testified to by Commodore Winslow that he is deserving of all commendation, both for gallantry and for encouragement of others in his division.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. James Saunders — 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-002658
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
149cb84098b7fbf771079481e586acf168fcb17901321199334f1ee626099388

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

Current reference profile confirms identity, U.S.S. Kearsarge, and the June 19, 1864 action off Cherbourg. 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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