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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Brazell

U.S. Navy · Civil War

MOH-RC-002209Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

August 5, 1864

Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA

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

The Citation

Sources ↓
Served on board the U.S.S. Richmond in the action at Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864, where he was recommended for coolness and good conduct as a gun captain during that engagement which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the destruction of Fort Morgan. Brazell served gallantly throughout the actions with Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the Chalmettes, batteries below Vicksburg, and was present at the surrender of New Orleans while on board the U.S.S. Brooklyn.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John Brazell — 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-002219
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
45
Later or highest recorded rank
Chief Quartermaster
Accredited to
Pennsylvania
Archive transcription SHA-256
c022f7f7af90b1e9250fa489eb1a63201656445964ef2836f83792c086544468

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, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The controlled action rank is Quartermaster; the current profile also records a later or highest rank of Chief Quartermaster. Action and later ranks remain separately attributed. The current profile records USS Richmond; the inherited unit field Not documented remains preserved as a source variant. The previously unnormalized action date is controlled as 1864-08-05 from the current authoritative profile. The current source confirms the inherited historical action place Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA. The current authoritative profile classifies the action under Civil War; the inherited unclassified value remains preserved in the audit record. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.

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