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Medal of Honor Recipient

Matthew Arther

U.S. Navy · Civil War

MOH-RC-002167Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1863

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Medal of Honor

February 14, 1862

Forts Henry and Donelson, Tennessee, USA

Rank at action
Signal Quartermaster
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
USS Carondelet
Presentation date
July 10, 1863

The Citation

Sources ↓
Served on board the U.S.S. Carondelet at the reduction of Forts Henry and Donelson, 6 and 14 February 1862 and other actions. Carrying out his duties as signal quartermaster and captain of the rifled bow gun, S/Q.M. Arther was conspicuous for valor and devotion, serving most faithfully, effectively and valiantly.
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

Served on board the U.S.S. Carondelet at the reduction of Forts Henry and Donelson, 6 and 14 February 1862 and other actions. Carrying out his duties as signal quartermaster and captain of the rifled bow gun, S/Q.M. Arthur was conspicuous for valor and devotion, serving most faithfully, effectively and valiantly.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Matthew Arther — 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-002177
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
17
Entered service at
Boston, Mass.
Archive transcription SHA-256
ef29cbac3f194036f41d482ea0fc5ab9e66dd5c129479af143d9639f0da3fb15

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 current profile records USS Carondelet; the inherited unit field Not documented remains preserved as a source variant. The previously unnormalized action date is controlled as 1862-02-14 from the current authoritative profile. The controlled historical action place is Forts Henry and Donelson, Tennessee, USA; the complete inherited geocoder value Fort Henry, Kingston, Ontario, ON, Canada remains preserved in the audit evidence. 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. The current profile heading uses “Matthew Arther,” while the rendered citation uses “S/Q.M. Arthur”; both current-source forms and the inherited spelling remain separately preserved.

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