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Medal of Honor Recipient

Robert B. Wood

U.S. Navy · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-002765Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

April 14, 1863

Nansemond River, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Coxswain
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
U.S.S. Minnesota; temporarily serving on U.S.S. Mount Washington

The Citation

Sources ↓
Attached to the U.S.S. Minnesota and temporarily serving on the U.S.S. Mount Washington, during action against the enemy in the Nansemond River, 14 April 1863. When the U.S.S. Mount Washington drifted against the bank and all men were driven from the decks by escaping steam following several successive hits which struck her boilers and stopped her engines, Wood boarded the stricken vessel and, despite a strike on the head by a spent ball, continued at his gun for 6 hours as fierce artillery and musketry continued to rake her decks.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Robert B. Wood — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002779
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-01
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
17
Accredited to
Ohio
Archive transcription SHA-256
9e244dfb72cdb10ab44be6d8fa6544d88e217d563e9f9e22cf07c6ff45ab3566

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

Current official reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy citation and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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