Medal of Honor
May 22, 1863
Fort Henry & Vicksburg, Tennessee & Mississippi, USA
- Rank at action
- Seaman
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Carondelet
The Citation
Sources ↓Served on board the U.S.S. Carondelet in various actions of that vessel. Carrying out his duties courageously throughout the actions of the Carondelet, Dorman, although wounded several times invariably returned to duty and constantly presented an example of devotion to the flag.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Henry Dorman — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-02
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003371
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-02
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 32
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 0bcceee54799b8687ec9f70c00ac3de5ab793ed6590b4dceae84d703dbaadac2
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official reference profile supplies the middle name and current URL outside the inherited candidate set. The legacy John Dorman form remains preserved as an alias.