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Medal of Honor Recipient

William Talbott

U.S. Navy · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-002702Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: early Navy star design and striped ribbon. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

January 10, 1863–January 11, 1863

Fort Hindman, Arkansas, USA

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

The Citation

Sources ↓
Served as captain of the forecastle on board the U.S.S. Louisville at the capture of the Arkansas post, 10 and 11 January 1863. Carrying out his duties as captain of a 9_inch gun, Talbott was conspicuous for ability and bravery throughout this engagement with the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. William Talbott — 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-002715
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
32
Accredited to
Massachusetts
Archive transcription SHA-256
995acb0eafcd430b8fb224190f9080d0227ad80f328ce623516b569f8d0f8b9e

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

Current reference profile was substantively compared against the inherited identity, service, rank, unit or command, action context, and citation. Candidate rank or successful page rendering alone was not treated as verification.

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