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Medal of Honor Recipient

Robert Blume

U.S. Navy · Spanish-American War

MOH-RC-002199Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1898

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Medal of Honor

May 11, 1898

Cienfuegos, Cuba

Rank at action
Seaman
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Spanish-American War
Unit or command
USS Nashville

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Nashville during the cutting of the cable leading from Cienfuegos, Cuba, 11 May 1898. Facing the heavy fire of the enemy, Blume set an example of extraordinary bravery and coolness throughout this action.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Robert Blume — 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-002209
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
521
Later or highest recorded rank
Chief Boatswain's Mate
Accredited to
New Jersey
Archive transcription SHA-256
3373303fafb88aa91738d2f064de896dd6c9bb1d207ea26643952a2e1b8fa03b

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 controlled action rank is Seaman; the current profile also records a later or highest rank of Chief Boatswain's Mate. Action and later ranks remain separately attributed. The current profile records USS Nashville; the inherited unit field Not documented remains preserved as a source variant. The previously unnormalized action date is controlled as 1898-05-11 from the current authoritative profile. The current source confirms the inherited historical action place Cienfuegos, Cuba. The current authoritative profile classifies the action under Spanish-American 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.

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