b. 1826 New York. d. 20/12/1881 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 14/04/1863 Nansemond River, Virginia.
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He entered the Union Navy at New York and served as a Coxswain. His citation reads “Attached to the USS Minnesota and temporarily serving on the USS Mount Washington, during action against the enemy in the Nansemond River, 14 April 1863. When the Mount Washington drifted against the bank following several successive hits which struck her boilers and stopped her engines, Jordan boarded the stricken vessel and, for six hours as fierce artillery and musketry continued to rake her decks, calmly assisted in manning a 12-pound howitzer which had been mounted on the open hurricane deck.” He received his Medal on July 10, 1863. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 20, 1881, and is now buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where his name is spelled as “Jourdan”.
MOH CITATION:
Attached to the U.S.S. Minnesota and temporarily serving on the U.S.S. Mount Washington, during action against the enemy in the Nansemond River, 14 April 1863. When the Mount Washington drifted against the bank following several successive hits which struck her boilers and stopped her engines, Jordan boarded the stricken vessel and, for six hours as fierce artillery and musketry continued to rake her decks, calmly assisted in manning a 12-pound howitzer which had been mounted on the open hurricane deck.
BURIAL LOCATION: MOUNT MORIAH CEMETERY, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
NAVAL SECTION, PLOT 2, ROW 18, GRAVE 4.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
