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Medal of Honor Recipient

William Parker

U.S. Navy · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-002591Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

April 24–25, 1862

Forts Jackson & St. Philip and New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Rank at action
Captain of the Afterguard
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
U.S.S. Cayuga

The Citation

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At the wheel on board the U.S.S. Cayuga during the capture of Forts St. Philip and Jackson, and New Orleans, 24 and 25 April 1862. As his ship led the advance column toward the barrier and both forts opened fire simultaneously, striking the vessel from stem to stern, Parker conscientiously performed his duties throughout the action in which attempts by 3 rebel steamers to butt and board were thwarted, and the ships driven off. Eleven gunboats were successfully engaged and the enemy garrisons forced to surrender during this battle in which the Cayuga sustained 46 hits.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. William Parker — 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-002603
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
11
Accredited to
Massachusetts
Archive transcription SHA-256
8ac3ba9222a3e49d4780b0012094460b219073197b1ad595794a59c73ca75ca6

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

Current reference profile confirms identity, USS Cayuga, and the April 24–25, 1862 action range at Forts Jackson and St. Philip and New Orleans. 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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