Serving as a sailor in the U.S. Navy, Seaman Adam McCullock was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions on August 5, 1864 at Mobile Bay, Alabama during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with U.S.S. Lackawanna. McCullock was about 30 years old.
97 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on December 31, 1864.
McCullock was born in 1834 in Maine. His Medal of Honor is credited to Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. McCullock died on December 31, 1864 in Baramcas, Florida, at the age of about 30. His medal is held by Naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC. Records also list him as McCulloch, Adam.
McCullock is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 66 credited to Maine.
Official Medal of Honor citation
On board the U.S.S. Lackawanna during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats, and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Wounded when an enemy shell struck and ordered to go below, McCullock refused to leave his station and continued to perform his duties throughout the prolonged action which resulted in the capture of the prize ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of Fort Morgan.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: American Civil War.
Places
- Born: Maine — map
Timeline
- 1834Born in Maine
- August 5, 1864Act of valor — Mobile Bay, AlabamaAge about 30. U.S.S. Lackawanna
- December 31, 1864Medal of Honor presented posthumously
- December 31, 1864Died in Baramcas, FloridaAge about 30.
Biography
Adam McCullock (born 1834) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay. Born in 1834 in Maine, McCullock was living in Augusta when he joined the Navy. He served during the Civil War as a seaman on the USS Lackawanna. At the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, Lackawanna engaged the CSS Tennessee at close range and McCullock was wounded in the leg by flying debris. He refused an order to go below decks and instead remained at his post throughout the battle. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor four months later, on December 31, 1864.
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