ORDERLY SERGEANT
CHRISTOPHER NUGENT, USMC (DECEASED) 

 

Medal of Honor Citation

Original General Order

Born: 1838 or 1840 County of Craven, Ireland 

Enlisted: 8 February 1858 in Charleston, Massachusetts

Medal of Honor awarded: 16 April 1864

Rank at time of award: Orderly Sergeant

Separation from Service: Honorably Discharged 9 October 1865*

Date of Death: 6 May 1898

Burial: Saint Raymond Cemetery in Bronx, New York

*Secretary of the Navy issued a Discharge Certificate on 25 July 1901 with the date of 9 October 1865

Civil War Medal of Honor