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Medal of Honor Recipient

Timothy O'Donoghue

U.S. Navy · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-002575Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

May 5, 1864

Red River, Louisiana, USA

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

The Citation

Sources ↓
Served as boatswain's mate on board the U.S.S. Signal, Red River, 5 May 1864. Proceeding up the Red River, the U.S.S. Signal engaged a large force of enemy field batteries and sharpshooters, returning the fire until the ship was totally disabled, at which time the white flag was raised. Serving as gun captain, and wounded early in the battle, O'Donoghue bravely stood by his gun in the face of enemy fire until ordered to withdraw.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Timothy O'Donoghue — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002587
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
45
Accredited to
New York
Archive transcription SHA-256
356f2bf08d22f81109b9593760321d6f47f40fecdc6b63c0ea13b9cc5cbe7a48

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

The structured profile identifies Seaman, while the citation describes service as boatswain's mate and gun captain. The structured rank and citation roles remain separately attributed. Recovery provenance: the prior live-verification result is reconstructed because the described P10-C060–P10-C062 restart files were not physically available; the verified P10-C059 authority, retained web-reference metadata, legacy record, and prior session evidence are all preserved.

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