George Moore

Seaman George Moore (born George Joseph Moore, 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. Military service Born in 1837 in Philadelphia, Moore enlisted in the Union Navy on November 26, 1862, at Boston. He served aboard the USS Rhode Island. On December 30, 1862, the , which was under tow by the USS Rhode Island foundered 10 miles east of Cape Hatteras in heavy seas. Moore, a crew member aboard the Rhode Island’s cutter boat, helped to rescue the crew members of the USS Monitor into the cutter, at the peril to his own life. Moore was awarded the Medal of Honor for this heroic action. George Moore re-enlisted in the Union Navy on January 23, 1864, serving till being discharged April 7, 1865. Medal of Honor citation Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Moore's official Medal of Honor citation reads: Served 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 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.