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{{Infobox military person
|name= Horatio Nelson Young
|birth_date= {{Birth date|1845|7|19}}
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1913|7|3|1845|7|19}}
|birth_place=[[Calais, Maine]]
|death_place=
|placeofburial= [[St. Stephen Rural Cemetery]], [[New Brunswick, Canada]]
|image= Young, Horatio Nelson (1841-1909 ) c1885 MoH winner public domain.jpg
|caption= Horatio Young, Medal of Honor recipient
|nickname=
|allegiance= [[United States|United States of America]]<br/>[[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]
|branch= [[United States Navy]]<br/>[[Union Navy]]
|serviceyears=
|rank= [[Seaman (rank)|Seaman]]
|commands=
|unit= {{USS|Lehigh|1863|6}}
|battles= [[American Civil War]]
|awards= [[Medal of Honor]]
|laterwork=
}}

'''Horatio Nelson Young''' (July 19, 1845 – July 3, 1913) was a United States Navy sailor who received the [[Medal of Honor]] for his actions on the USS ''Lehigh'' during the [[American Civil War]].

==Biography==
Young was born in [[Calais, Maine]], a small [[United States]]-[[British North America]] border town.  As a young man he lived in a place where crossing the bridge over the [[St. Croix River (Maine-New Brunswick)|St. Croix River]] to [[St. Stephen, New Brunswick|St. 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 Navy]]. On November 16, 1863, the 18-year-old was serving aboard the {{USS|Lehigh|1863|6}} when the ship ran aground in [[Charleston Harbor]]. In rough waters and under heavy enemy fire, Young and two other sailors, Landsman [[Frank S. Gile]] and Landsman [[William Williams (Medal of Honor)|William Williams]], succeeded in passing in a small boat from their ship to the {{USS|Nahant|1862|6}} with a line wrapped on a [[hawser]] that would enable the ''Lehigh'' to be freed from her position.<ref name="hallofvalor1371">{{Hallofvalor|1371|Horatio Nelson Young|accessdate=May 1, 2020}}</ref>

For this action, Young, Gile, and Williams each received the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration.

Young died in 1913 and was interred in the [[St. Stephen Rural Cemetery]], in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, surrounded by other Canadian and American war dead.

==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:'''

<blockquote>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.<ref name=ACMH>{{Cite web
 |publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]] 
 |title=Civil War Medal of Honor recipients (M-Z) 
 |work=Medal of Honor citations 
 |date=August 3, 2009 
 |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html 
 |accessdate=July 1, 2010 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223063700/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html 
 |archivedate=February 23, 2009 
}}</ref></blockquote>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|American Civil War}}
*[[List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: T–Z#T|List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: T–Z]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
*{{Cite web |accessdate=September 29, 2010 |url=http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_pz/young_horatio.html |title=Horatio Nelson Young, Home of Heroes.com.}}

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