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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Mack

U.S. Navy · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-002493Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

March 5, 1865–March 6, 1865

St. Marks, Florida, USA

Rank at action
Seaman
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
U.S.S. Hendrick Hudson

The Citation

Sources ↓
As seaman on board the U.S.S. Hendrick Hudson, St. Marks, Fla., 5 and 6 March 1865, Mack served with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during the attack on St. Marks and, throughout this fierce engagement, made remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun. His coolness and determination in courageously standing by his gun while under the fire of the enemy were a credit to the service to which he belonged.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John Mack — 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-002504
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
Maine
Archive transcription SHA-256
ef9f697f7c94a07bb91cd7190110983009bcf01c53aa4c9bcaf064cab59e6310

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. Documented aliases or alternate identity forms remain attached to the controlled identity: Connely, Michael. The controlled canonical unit or command is U.S.S. Hendrick Hudson; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Hendrick Hudson, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1865-03-05 through 1865-03-06 and classifies the action under U.S. Civil War; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved. The Society structured action-date field is retained separately as 1865-03-05. The controlled historical action place is St. Marks, Florida, USA; the current structured place St. Marks, Florida, USA and the complete inherited geocoder value St. Marks, FL, 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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