Luke M. Griswold

{{short description|US Navy sailor & recipient of Medal of Honor (c. 1837-1892)}}

{{Infobox military person

|name = Luke M. Griswold

|birth_date = c. 1837

|death_date = March 18, {{death year and age|1892|1837}}

|birth_place = Bloomfield, Connecticut

|death_place = Springfield, Massachusetts

|placeofburial = Oak Grove Cemetery
Springfield, Massachusetts

|placeofburial_label= Place of burial

|image = US Navy Medal of Honor (1862 original).png

|image_size = 150

|caption = Civil War era Navy Medal of Honor

|nickname =

|allegiance = United States of America
Union

|branch = United States Navy
Union Navy

|serviceyears = 1862 - 1863

|rank = Ordinary seaman

|commands =

|unit = {{flagicon|United States Navy}} {{USS|Rhode Island|1860|6}}

|battles = American Civil War

|awards = Medal of Honor

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|relations =

}}

Luke M. Griswold (c. 1837-1892){{Cite news|url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/05/for_springfield_civil_war_hero.html|title=Civil War hero Luke M. Griswold of Springfield honored 121 years after his death|work=masslive.com|access-date=2017-03-09|language=en-US}} was a recipient of the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the Medal of Honor "for extraordinary heroism in action while serving on board the U.S.S. Rhode Island which was engaged in saving the lives of the officers and crew of the U.S.S. Monitor, 30 December 1862 near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Participating in the hazardous rescue of the officers and crew of the sinking Monitor, Ordinary Seaman Griswold, 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."{{Cite web|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=2278|title=Valor awards for Luke M. Griswold|website=valor.militarytimes.com|access-date=2017-03-09}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/05/27/mass-soldier-honored-years-after-death/yP3A27f9Qfp6ozPxDMinxH/story.html|title=Mass. soldier honored 121 years after death|work=Boston Globe|access-date=2017-03-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civilwar_gl.html#GRISWOLD|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012064500/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civilwar_gl.html#GRISWOLD|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 2013|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=2017-03-09}}