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Medal of Honor Recipient

Thomas G. Lyons

U.S. Navy · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-002489Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

April 24, 1862

Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana, USA

Rank at action
Seaman
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
U.S.S. Pensacola

The Citation

Sources ↓
Served as seaman on board the U.S.S. Pensacola in the attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, 24 April 1862. Carrying out his duties throughout the din and roar of the battle, Lyons never once erred in his brave performance. Lashed outside of that vessel, on the port-sheet chain, with the lead in hand to lead the ship past the forts, Lyons never flinched, although under a heavy fire from the forts and rebel gunboats.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Thomas G. Lyons — 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-002500
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
169
Accredited to
Massachusetts
Archive transcription SHA-256
2095dca21fdf202532ea81cda15a09be46981d282a44ab49d5ee9b5d981927e8

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

The controlled Society search outside the inherited candidate set was confirmed by substantive comparison of identity, service, rank, unit or command, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The current evidence expands or normalizes the inherited display name Thomas Lyons to Thomas G. Lyons; both forms remain preserved. The exact current profile heading is Thomas G Lyons; the controlled display name is Thomas G. Lyons, and both forms remain preserved. The controlled canonical unit or command is U.S.S. Pensacola; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Pensacola, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1862-04-24 and classifies the action under U.S. Civil War; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved. The controlled historical action place is Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana, USA; the current structured place Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana, USA and the complete inherited geocoder value Fort Jackson, NY 12965, USA remain preserved. The inherited full citation remains canonical and checksum-protected; current rendered wording is preserved separately where transcribed. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.

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