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Young was born in Calais, Maine, a small United States-British North America border town.
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Horatio Young
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As a young man he lived in a place where crossing the bridge over the Saint Croix River to Saint Stephen, New Brunswick for employment, shopping, hospitalization, or just visiting friends, was an almost daily part of life. Following the outbreak of the American Civil War, Young traveled to Boston, Massachusetts where he joined the United States On November 16, 1863, the 18-year-old was serving aboard the United States Ship Lehigh when the ship ran aground in Charleston Harbor. Young died in 1913 and was interred in the Saint Stephen Rural Cemetery, in Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, surrounded by other Canadian and American war dead.
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Medal of Honor Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor citation Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: July 19, 1845, Calais, Maine. G.O. No.: 32, April 16, 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Lehigh, Charleston Harbor, 16 November 1863, during the hazardous task of freeing the Lehigh, which had grounded, and was under heavy enemy fire from Fort Moultrie. After several previous attempts had been made, Young succeeded in passing in a small boat from the Lehigh to the Nahant with a line bent on a hawser. This courageous action while under severe enemy fire enabled the Lehigh to be freed from her helpless position.Medal of Honor citation Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: July 19, 1845, Calais, Maine. G.O. No.: 32, April 16, 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Lehigh, Charleston Harbor, 16 November 1863, during the hazardous task of freeing the Lehigh, which had grounded, and was under heavy enemy fire from Fort Moultrie. After several previous attempts had been made, Young succeeded in passing in a small boat from the Lehigh to the Nahant with a line bent on a hawser. This courageous action while under severe enemy fire enabled the Lehigh to be freed from her helpless position.