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Medal of Honor Recipient

Alexander Crawford

U.S. Navy · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-002271Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

May 25, 1864

Roanoke River, North Carolina, USA

Rank at action
Fireman
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
U.S.S. Wyalusing

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Wyalusing, Crawford volunteered 25 May 1864, in a night attempt to destroy the rebel ram Albemarle in the Roanoke River. Taking part in a plan to explode the rebel ram Albemarle, Crawford executed his part in the plan with perfection, but upon being discovered, was forced to abandon the plan and retire leaving no trace of the evidence. After spending two hazardous days and nights without food, he gained the safety of a friendly ship and was then transferred back to the Wyalusing. Though the plan failed his skill and courage in preventing detection were an example of unfailing devotion to duty.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Alexander Crawford — 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-002282
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
45
Accredited to
Pennsylvania
Archive transcription SHA-256
f452a311a0e3d26317980b9e5e994ef3f10c397b865be44b6e51be65b58601c0

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. Wyalusing; the current structured profile renders U.S.S. Wyalusing, and the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1864-05-25 and classifies the action under U.S. Civil War; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved in the audit record. The controlled historical action place is Roanoke River, North Carolina, USA; the current structured place Roanoke River, North Carolina, USA and the complete inherited geocoder value Albemarle, NC, USA remain preserved in the audit evidence. 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.