Allexander Hand

{{Short description|U.S. Navy American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient}}

{{Infobox military person

| name = Allexander Hand

| birth_date = c. 1836

| allegiance = United States

| branch = Navy

| rank = Quartermaster

| unit={{flagicon|United States Navy}} {{USS|Ceres|1856|6}}

| awards = Medal of Honor

| commands = U.S.S. Ceres

}}

Allexander Hand (born c. 1836) was a quartermaster in the US Navy for the Union during the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor.{{Cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_gl.html#GRAHAMR|title=Medal of Honor Recipients – Civil War (G-L)|last=History|first=U.S. Army Center of Military|website=www.history.army.mil|access-date=2017-07-14|archive-date=2014-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606203802/http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_gl.html#GRAHAMR|url-status=dead}} Prior to the Civil War, he resided in Delaware.{{Cite web|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=124|title=Valor awards for Allexander Hand|website=valor.militarytimes.com|access-date=2017-07-14}} During the Civil War, while serving aboard the {{USS|Ceres|1856|6}}, in a fight near Hamilton on the Roanoke River,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sdgxAQAAMAAJ&q=thomas+w+hamilton&pg=PA47|title=Medal of Honor|last=Personnel|first=United States Bureau of Naval|date=1910|language=en}} Hand was fired upon by the enemy with small arms, and "courageously returned the raking enemy fire." His commanding officer later spoke for his "good conduct and cool bravery under enemy fire," which led to him receiving the Medal of Honor.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}