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Daniel Noble

Landsman Daniel Noble, Navy, received the Medal of Honor for actions on August 5, 1864 at Mobile Bay, Alabama during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War August 5, 1864

Landsman Daniel Noble was a sailor in the U.S. Navy who received the Medal of Honor 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. Metacomet. Noble was about 24 years old.

97 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day.

Noble was born in 1840 in Bath County, Kentucky. His Medal of Honor is credited to Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Noble died in 1903 in Wolfe County, Kentucky, at the age of about 63. He is buried at Childers Cemetery in Gillmore, Kentucky.

Noble is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 210 credited to Illinois.

★ Rescue & Lifesaving

Official Medal of Honor citation

As landsman on board the U.S.S. Metacomet, Noble served among the boat's crew which went to the rescue of the U.S. Monitor Tecumseh when that vessel was struck by a torpedo in passing enemy forts in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Noble braved the enemy fire, which was said by the admiral to be "one of the most galling" he had ever seen, and aided in rescuing from death 10 of the crew of the Tecumseh, thereby eliciting the admiration of both friend and foe.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: Bath County — map
  • Died: Wolfe County — map

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Timeline

  1. 1840
    Born in Bath County, Kentucky
  2. August 5, 1864
    Act of valor — Mobile Bay, Alabama
    Age about 24. U.S.S. Metacomet
  3. 1903
    Died in Wolfe County, Kentucky
    Age about 63.
  4. Resting place
    Childers Cemetery
    Gillmore, Kentucky

Biography

Daniel Noble (1838–1903) was a Confederate prisoner at Camp Douglas before becoming 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.

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Also honored for actions on August 5, 1864

TA Thomas E. Atkinson Yeoman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JA James Avery Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 CB Charles Baker Quarter Gunner · Navy Civil War · 1864 WB William Blagheen Ship's Cook · Navy Civil War · 1864 JB John Brazell Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 JB John Brown Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1864 RB Robert Brown Captain of the Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 WB William H. Brown Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 WB Wilson Brown Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JB John M. Burns Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 WC William M. Carr Master-at-Arms · Navy Civil War · 1864 MC Michael Cassidy Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864

See all 98 recipients for August 5, 1864 →

More Civil War recipients from Illinois

William W. Fraser Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William Wallace Burritt Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JC John Creed Private · Army Civil War · 1864 WM Wilbur F. Moore Private · Army Civil War · 1864 WT William Toomer Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 John S. Darrough Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata and Wikipedia. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.