Medals of Honor
During the Civil War, the following crewmen of the USS Santiago de Cuba were awarded the Medal of Honor:
- Philip Bazaar, Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy
- John Griffiths, Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy
- George Province, Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy
- Auzella Savage, Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy
- John Swanson, Seaman, U.S. Navy
- Edward Swatton, Seaman, U.S. Navy
- Augustus Williams, Seaman, U.S. Navy
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