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Captain of the Afterguard · U.S. Navy

Hugh Logan

Captain of the Afterguard Hugh Logan, Navy, received the Medal of Honor for actions on December 30, 1862 off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War December 30, 1862Born in Scotland

Serving as a sailor in the U.S. Navy, Captain of the Afterguard Hugh Logan 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. Logan was 28 years old.

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

Logan was born on November 23, 1834 in Glasgow, Scotland — one of 41 recipients born in Scotland. His Medal of Honor is credited to Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Logan died on November 22, 1903 in Glasgow, Scotland, at the age of 68. He is buried at St. Kentigern's Cemetery in Lanakshire, Scotland.

Logan is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 265 credited to Massachusetts.

★ Rescue & Lifesaving

Official Medal of Honor citation

On board the U.S.S. Rhode Island which was engaged in saving the lives of the officers and crew of the Monitor, 30 December 1862. Participating in the hazardous rescue of the officers and crew of the sinking Monitor, Logan, 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.

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: Ireland — map
  • Died: Glasgow — map

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Timeline

  1. November 23, 1834
    Born in Glasgow, Scotland
  2. December 30, 1862
    Act of valor — off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
    Age 28. U.S.S. Rhode Island
  3. November 22, 1903
    Died in Glasgow, Scotland
    Age 68.
  4. Resting place
    St. Kentigern's Cemetery
    Lanakshire

Biography

Hugh Logan (November 23, 1834 – November 22 1903) was a Captain of the Afterguard in the Union Navy and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War. Logan joined the Navy from Boston in November 1862, and was discharged in December 1863.

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Also honored for actions on December 30, 1862

LG Luke M. Griswold Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 Lewis Augustine Horton Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 JJ John Jones Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1862 GM George Moore Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 CS Charles H. Smith Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1862

Same unit

CF Charles H. Foy Signal Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 WS William Bradford Stacy Seaman · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1866 Maurice Wagg Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1862

More Civil War recipients from Massachusetts

William Marland First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 WM William Moore Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1862 Orlando Phidelio Boss Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 Charles Wellington Reed Bugler · Army Civil War · 1863 Rufus Saxton Jr. Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1862 JA John Gregory bishop Adams Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862
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.