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Medal of Honor Recipient

Thomas Jones

U.S. Navy · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-002441Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

January 13–15, 1865

Fort Fisher, North Carolina, USA

Rank at action
Coxswain
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
U.S.S. Ticonderoga

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Ticonderoga during attacks on Fort Fisher, 24 and 25 December 1864; and 13 to 15 January 1865. Despite heavy return fire by the enemy and the explosion of the 100-pounder Parrott rifle which killed 8 men and wounded 12 more, Jones, as captain of a gun, performed his duties with skill and courage during the first 2 days of battle. As his ship again took position on the line on the 13th, he remained steadfast as the Ticonderoga maintained a well-placed fire upon the batteries on shore, and thereafter, as she materially lessened the power of guns on the mound which had been turned upon our assaulting columns. During this action the flag was planted on one side of the strongest fortifications possessed by the rebels.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Thomas Jones — 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-002452
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
59
Accredited to
Maryland
Archive transcription SHA-256
5466353f35d7e60dadf83339d5c97852c7d2dbc45f71b497a9fb1ed3527e4a01

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, unit or command, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The controlled canonical unit or command is U.S.S. Ticonderoga; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Ticonderoga, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The controlled action-date display is January 13–15, 1865; the current structured source value and any fuller citation chronology remain separately attributed. The controlled historical action place is Fort Fisher, North Carolina, USA; the current structured place Fort Fisher, North Carolina, USA and the complete inherited geocoder value Fort Fisher Historic Museum, 1610 South Fort Fisher Boulevard, Kure Beach, NC 28449, USA remain preserved in the audit evidence. The structured profile gives January 13–15, 1865, while the rendered citation also describes the December 24–25, 1864 Fort Fisher attack. The structured award range remains controlled and the fuller citation chronology is preserved separately without implying one uninterrupted action. 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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