There are twelve Medals awarded for actions on 30 December. There are two others which cover this date in the period of action, but they will be noted on the last day noted in the citation, as has been the convention for those awards in this series. There is only one posthumous award. Civil War. There is one Medal for an aggressive reconnaissance conducted at Matagorda Bay, Texas, in 1863. The remainder are for actions involving the rescue of the crew of USS Monitor, when she sank in a storm off Cape Hatteras in 1862.GRISWOLD, LUKE M. Rank and organization: Ordinary...
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