Hugh Logan Explained

Hugh Logan
Birth Date:November 23, 1834
Death Date:November 22,
Birth Place:Lanark, Scotland
Death Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Placeofburial:Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Placeofburial Label:Place of burial
Allegiance:United States of America
Union
Branch:United States Navy
Union Navy
Serviceyears:1862 - 1863
Rank:Captain of the Afterguard
Battles:American Civil War
Awards:Medal of Honor

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.[1]

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Captain of the Afterguard, U.S. Navy. Born: 1834, Scotland. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 59, June 22, 1865.

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.

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  1. https://archive.org/stream/massachusettssol81931mass#page/318/mode/2up Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War