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Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1826, New York, N.Y.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Attached
to the U.S.S. Minnesota and temporarily serving on the U.S.S. Mount Washington,
during action against the enemy in the Nansemond River, 14 April 1863.
When the Mount Washington drifted against the bank following several successive
hits which struck her boilers and stopped her engines, Jordan boarded the
stricken vessel and, for 6 hours as fierce artillery and musketry continued
to rake her decks, calmly assisted in manning a 12-pound howitzer which
had been mounted on the open hurricane deck.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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