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Medal of Honor Recipient

Thomas E. Atkinson

U.S. Navy · Civil War

MOH-RC-002169Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

August 5, 1864

Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA

Rank at action
Yeoman
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
USS Richmond

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Richmond, Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864; commended for coolness and energy in supplying the rifle ammunition, which was under his sole charge, in the action in Mobile Bay on the morning of 5 August 1864. He was a petty officer on board the U.S. Frigate Congress in 1842-46; was present and assisted in capturing the whole of the Buenos Ayrean fleet by that vessel off Montevideo; joined the Richmond in September 1860; was in the action with Fort McRea, the Head of the Passes of the Mississippi, Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the Chalmettes, the rebel ironclads and gunboats below New Orleans, Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and at the surrender of New Orleans.
Separately preserved current-source wording

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

On board the U.S.S. Richmond, Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864; commended for coolness and energy in supplying the rifle ammunition which was under his sole charge, in the action in Mobile Bay on the morning of 5 August 1864. He was a petty officer on board the U.S. Frigate Congress in 1842[-46; was present and assisted in the capture the whole of the Buenos Ayrean fleet by that vessel off Montevideo; joined the Richmond in September 1860; was in the action with Fort McRea, the Head of the Passes of the Mississippi, Fort Jackson and St. Philip, the Chalmettes, the rebel ironclads and gunboats below New Orleans, Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the surrender of New Orleans.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Thomas E. Atkinson — 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-002179
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
45
Accredited to
Massachusetts
Archive transcription SHA-256
f8037bf2285d9007e23c985772ded18f0c237c284acbcfb4086147c92d88b452

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 exact rendered source heading “Thomas E Atkinson” is preserved separately from the canonical display form “Thomas E. Atkinson”. The current profile records USS Richmond; the inherited unit field Not documented remains preserved as a source variant. The previously unnormalized action date is controlled as 1864-08-05 from the current authoritative profile. The controlled historical action place is Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA; the complete inherited geocoder value Montevideo, Uruguay 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 rendered current citation’s exact “1842[-46” and “assisted in the capture the whole” typography is preserved without silent correction.

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