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Medal of Honor Recipient

Martin McHugh

U.S. Navy · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-002515Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

May 27, 1863

Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA

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

The Citation

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Serving on board the U.S.S. Cincinnati during the attack on the Vicksburg batteries and at the time of her sinking, 27 May 1863. Engaging the enemy in a fierce battle, the Cincinnati amidst, an incessant fire of shot and shell, continued to fire her guns to the last, though so penetrated by shellfire that her fate was sealed. Serving bravely during this action, McHugh was conspicuously cool under the fire of the enemy, never ceasing to fire until this proud ship went down, "her colors nailed to the mast."

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Martin McHugh — 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-002526
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
17
Accredited to
Ohio
Archive transcription SHA-256
c8ca82cfa067867f1566d1197abe7c9980c2848113b427608ab44e22d3af04ec

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

Current reference profile confirms Martin McHugh, alias McCue, Martin, Navy service aboard USS Cincinnati, and the May 27, 1863 Vicksburg action. 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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