Hugh Molloy

{{Short description|United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient}}

{{Infobox military person

| name = Hugh Molloy

| image = Hugh Molloy (framed).jpg

| caption = Ordinary Seaman Hugh Molloy

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1841|9|25}}{{efn|name=birth|Records are inconsistent on Molloy's place and year of birth. His Medal of Honor citation gives his birth as 1832 in Illinois,{{Cite web |publisher=United States Army Center of Military History |title=Civil War Medal of Honor recipients (M-Z) |work=Medal of Honor citations |date=August 3, 2009 |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html |accessdate=July 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223063700/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html |archivedate=February 23, 2009 }} while the book Deeds of Valor gives his birth as September 25, 1841, in Comerford, Ireland,{{Cite web |publisher = Naval History & Heritage Command |title = Photo # NH 79921 Picture Data |work = Online Library |date = 1999-11-22 |url = https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-79000/NH-79921.html |accessdate = 2006-12-01}} and Molloy's gravestone also gives his birth as September 25, 1841.{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9118362/hugh-molloy |title=Hugh Molloy |website=Find a Grave |accessdate=September 24, 2010}} This article assumes that the information in Deeds of Valor and on Molloy's gravestone is correct.}}

| birth_place = Comerford, Ireland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1922|3|8|1841|9|25}}

| death_place = Illinois, U.S.

| placeofburial = Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.

| placeofburial_label = Place of burial

| allegiance = {{flag|United States of America|1861}}

| branch = {{navy|USA}}

| serviceyears = 1863–1864

| rank = Ordinary Seaman

| unit = {{USS|Fort Hindman}}

| battles = American Civil War

| awards = {{Flagicon image|Medal of Honor ribbon.svg}} Medal of Honor

| laterwork =

}}

Hugh Molloy (September 25, 1841 – March 8, 1922) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the American Civil War.

Biography

During the Civil War, Molloy served as an Ordinary Seaman on {{USS|Fort Hindman}}. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during an engagement with a Confederate artillery battery near Harrisonburg, Louisiana, on March 2, 1864.

Molloy died in March 1922 at age 80;{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-molloy/163961552/ |title=MOLLOY |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |page=19 |date=March 10, 1922 |accessdate=January 26, 2025 |via=newspapers.com}} he was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, Illinois.

Medal of Honor citation

File:US Navy Medal of Honor (1862 original).png

Rank and Organization:

:Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1832, Illinois.{{efn|name=birth}} Accredited to: Illinois. G.O. No.: 32, April 16, 1864.

Citation:

:Served on board the U.S.S. Fort Hindman during the engagement near Harrisonburg, La., 2 March 1864. Following a shellburst which mortally wounded the first sponger, who dropped the sponge out of the forecastle port, Molloy jumped out of the port to the forecastle, recovered the sponge and sponged and loaded the gun for the remainder of the action from his exposed position, despite the extreme danger to his person from the raking fire of enemy musketry.

{{Cite web

|publisher = American Civil War website

|title = MOLLOY, HUGH, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient

|date = 2007-11-08

|url = http://americancivilwar.com/medal_of_honor6.html

|accessdate = 2007-11-08}}

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Hugh Molloy

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Medal of Honor citation

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