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Medal of Honor Recipient

James Horton

U.S. Navy · Civil War

MOH-RC-003288Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

September 21, 1864

Off Port Royal, South Carolina, USA

Rank at action
Gunner's Mate
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
USS Montauk

The Citation

Sources ↓
Served as gunner's mate on board the U.S.S. Montauk, 21 September 1864. During the night of 21 September, when fire was discovered in the magazine lightroom of the vessel, causing a panic and demoralizing the crew, Horton rushed into the cabin, obtained the magazine keys, sprang into the lightroom and began passing out combustibles, Including the box of signals in which the fire originated.

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-003303
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-01
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
59
Accredited to
Massachusetts
Archive transcription SHA-256
ea1e155e3396e256ddbb1953798d64f4398c69a5d970ee218fee7caa40511804

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

The USS Montauk profile is selected by unit, action date, and action place. The official alternate form Horton, Joseph is retained as an alias.