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Quartermaster · U.S. Navy

Jeremiah Regan

Quartermaster Jeremiah Regan, Navy, received the Medal of Honor for actions on May 15, 1862 in Drewry's Bluff, Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War May 15, 1862

Serving as a sailor in the U.S. Navy, Quartermaster Jeremiah Regan received the Medal of Honor for his actions on May 15, 1862 in Drewry's Bluff, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with U.S.S. Galena. Regan was about 30 years old.

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

Regan was born in 1832 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Records also list him as Reagan, Jeremiah.

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

★ Wounded but Fought On

Official Medal of Honor citation

As captain of No. 2 gun on board the U.S.S. Galena in the attack upon Drewry's Bluff, 15 May 1862. With his ship severely damaged by the enemy's shellfire and several men killed and wounded, Regan continued to man his gun throughout the engagement despite the concentration of fire directed against men at their guns by enemy sharpshooters in rifle pits along the banks.

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

Timeline

  1. 1832
    Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  2. May 15, 1862
    Act of valor — Drewry's Bluff, Virginia
    Age about 30. U.S.S. Galena

Also honored for actions on May 15, 1862

CK Charles W. Kenyon Fireman · Navy Civil War · 1862 John Snyders Kenyon Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 John Freeman Mackie Corporal · Marine Corps Civil War · 1862

Same unit

William Gardner Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 TJ Thomas H. Jordan Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 EM Edward S. Martin Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 EY Edward B. Young Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864

More Civil War recipients from Massachusetts

Thomas Foulds Ellsworth Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 PH Peter Howard Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1863 RW Richard Welch Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 BK Barnett Kenna Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 HJ Henry T. Johns Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Lowell Mason Maxham Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.