b. 25/09/1841 County Wexford, Ireland. d. 08/03/1922 Chicago, Illinois.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 02/03/1864 near Harrisonburg, Louisiana.
Hugh Molloy MOH
During the Civil War, Molloy served as an Ordinary Seaman on USS Fort Hindman (1862). 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.
MOH 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.
BURIAL LOCATION: CALVARY CEMETERY, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.
SECTION M, BLOCK 41, LOT 4.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
