Medal of Honor
January 15, 1865
Fort Fisher, North Carolina, USA
- Rank at action
- Chief Boatswain's Mate
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Seneca
The Citation
Sources ↓On board the U.S.S. Seneca in the assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. Despite severe enemy fire which halted an attempt by his assaulting party to enter the stockade, Tripp boldly charged through the gap in the stockade although the center of the line, being totally unprotected, fell back along the open beach and left too few in the ranks to attempt an offensive operation.
Sources & record notes
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- Othniel Tripp — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002734
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-31
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 59
- Accredited to
- Maine
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 15301bcedd4d8d0537b54cb25bdb84d85b80d81b99a79416935e4e33958b15f5
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