Serving as a sailor in the U.S. Navy, Seaman George Moore received the Medal of Honor for his actions on December 30, 1862 off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with U.S.S. Rhode Island. Moore was about 24 years old.
5 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day.
Moore was born in 1838 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. His Medal of Honor is credited to Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Moore died on July 24, 1904 in Trenton, New Jersey, at the age of about 66. He is buried at St. John Cemetery in Trenton, New Jersey.
Moore is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 265 credited to Massachusetts.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Served on board the U.S.S. Rhode Island which was engaged in saving lives of the officers and crew of the Monitor, 30 December 1862. Participating in the hazardous task of rescuing the officers and crew of the sinking Monitor, Moore, after rescuing several of the men, became separated in a heavy gale with other members of the cutter that had set out from the Rhode Island, and spent many hours in the small boat at the mercy of the weather and high seas until finally picked up by a schooner 50 miles east of Cape Hatteras.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
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Timeline
- 1838Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
- December 30, 1862Act of valor — off Cape Hatteras, North CarolinaAge about 24. U.S.S. Rhode Island
- July 24, 1904Died in Trenton, New JerseyAge about 66.
- Resting placeSt. John CemeteryTrenton, New Jersey
Biography
Seaman George Moore (born George Joseph Moore, c. 1837 – d. July 24, 1904) 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.
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