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Photo # NH 105506:  Medal of Honor awarded to Thomas Connor

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Ordinary Seaman Thomas Connor, USN, (Born in 1842)

Thomas Connor was born in 1842 in Ireland. He emigrated to the United States and enlisted in the U.S. Navy from the state of Maryland, serving as an Ordinary Seaman on board USS Minnesota during the American Civil War. During the land assault on Fort Fisher, North Carolina on 15 January 1865, Connor risked his life to save a wounded officer, though most of the men around him retreated. For his conduct on that occasion, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

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Photo #: NH 105506

U.S. Navy Medal of Honor


Reverse of a Medal of Honor awarded to Ordinary Seaman Thomas Connor, USN, of USS Minnesota, for his conduct during the assault on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, 15 January 1865.

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Medal of Honor citation of Ordinary Seaman Thomas Connor, USN (as printed in the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 20):

"On board the U.S.S. Minnesota, in action during the assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. Landing on the beach with the assaulting party from his ship, CONNOR charged up to the palisades and, when more than two-thirds of the men became seized with panic and retreated on the run, risked his life to remain with a wounded officer. With the enemy concentrating his fire on the group, he waited until after dark before assisting in carrying the wounded man from the field."


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