MacARTHUR, ARTHUR, JR.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, and Adjutant, 24th Wisconsin
Infantry. Place and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November
1863. Entered service at: Milwaukee, Wis. Birth: Springfield, Mass.
Date of issue: 30 June 1890. Citation: Seized the colors of his
regiment at a critical moment and planted them on the captured works
on the crest of Missionary Ridge.
MACHON, JAMES
Rank and organization: Boy, U.S. Navy. Born: 1848, England. Accredited
to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board
the U.S.S. Brooklyn during successful attacks against Fort Morgan,
rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August
1864. Stationed in the immediate vicinity of the shell whips which
were twice cleared of men by bursting shells, Machon remained steadfast
at his post and performed his duties in the powder division throughout
the furious action which resulted in the surrender of the prize
rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries
at Fort Morgan.
MACK, ALEXANDER
Rank and organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy. Born: 1836,
Holland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during successful attacks
against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile
Bay, on 5 August 1864. Although wounded and sent below for treatment,
Mack immediately returned to his post and took charge of his gun
and, as heavy enemy return fire continued to fall, performed his
duties with skill and courage until he was again wounded and totally
disabled.
MACK, JOHN
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1843, Maine. Accredited
to: Maine. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: As seaman on board
the U.S.S. Hendrick Hudson, St. Marks, Fla., 5 and 6 March 1865,
Mack served with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during the
attack on St. Marks and, throughout this fierce engagement, made
remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun. His coolness
and determination in courageously standing by his gun while under
the fire of the enemy were a credit to the service to which he belonged.
MACKIE, JOHN F.
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1836,
New York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863.
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Calena in the attack on Fort Darling
at Drewry's Bluff, James River, on 15 May 1862. As enemy shellfire
raked the deck of his ship, Corporal Mackie fearlessly maintained
his musket fire against the rifle pits along the shore and, when
ordered to fill vacancies at guns caused by men wounded and killed
in action, manned the weapon with skill and courage.
MADDEN, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 42d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Masons Island, Md., 3 September 1861. Entered
service at: New York, N.Y. Born: 28 September 1841, Ireland. Date
of issue: 22 March 1898. Citation: Assisted a wounded comrade to
the riverbank and, under heavy fire of the enemy, swam with him
across a branch of the Potomac to the Union lines.
MADDEN, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy. Born: 1843, England.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during the successful attacks against
Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay,
on 5 August 1864. Stationed in the immediate vicinity of the shell
whips, which were twice cleared of men by bursting shells, Madden
remained steadfast at his post and performed his duties in the powder
division throughout the furious action which resulted in the surrender
of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction
of batteries at Fort Morgan.
MADISON, JAMES
Rank and organization. Sergeant, Company E, 8th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Waynesboro, Va., 2 March 1865. Entered service
at: Fairport, N.Y. Birth: Niagara, N.Y. Date of issue: 26 March
1865. Citation: Recapture of Gen. Crook's headquarters flag.
MAGEE, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Drummer, Company C, 33d New Jersey Infantry.
Place and date: At Murfreesboro, Tenn., 5 December 1864. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Newark, N.J. Date of issue: 7 February
1866. Citation: In a charge, was among the first to reach a battery
of the enemy and, with one or two others, mounted the artillery
horses and took two guns into the Union lines.
MAHONEY, JEREMIAH
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 29th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tenn., 29
November 1863. Entered service at. Fall River, Mass. Birth: ------.
Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 17th
Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.).
MANDY, HARRY J.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company B, 4th New York
Cavalry. Place and date: At Front Royal, Va., 15 August 1864. Entered
service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: England. Date of issue: 26 August
1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 3d Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
MANGAM, RICHARD C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 148th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 21 September 1888. Citation:
Capture of flag of 8th Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.).
MANNING, JOSEPH S.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 29th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date. At Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tenn., 29 November 1863.
Entered service at:------. Birth: Ipswich, Mass. Date of issue:
1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 16th Georgia Infantry
(C.S.A.).
MARLAND, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 2d Independent Battery,
Massachusetts Light Artillery. Place and date: At Grand Coteau,
La., 3 November 1863. Entered service at:------. Born: 11 March
1839, Andover, Mass. Date of issue: 16 February 1897. Citation:
After having been surrounded by the enemy's cavalry, his support
having surrendered, he ordered a charge and saved the section of
the battery that was under his command.
MARQUETTE, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 93d Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at: Lebanon County, Pa. Birth: Lebanon County, Pa. Date of issue:
10 May 1865. Citation: Sergeant Marquette, although wounded, was
one of the first to plant colors on the enemy's breastworks.
MARSH, ALBERT
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 64th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service
at: Randolph, N.Y. Birth: Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Date of issue:
1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
MARSH, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 1st Connecticut Cavalry.
Place and date: At Back Creek Valley, Va., 31 July 1864. Entered
service at: New Milford, Conn.. Birth: Milford, Conn. Date of issue:
23 January 1865. Citation: Capture of flag and its bearer.
MARSH, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Elk River, Tenn., 2 July 1863. Entered service
at: Brookfield, La Salle County, Ill. Birth: Brookfield, La Salle
County, Ill. Date of issue: 17 September 1897. Citation: Voluntarily
led a small party and, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and
saved the bridge.
MARTIN, EDWARD S.
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840, Ireland.
Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Calena during the attack on enemy forts at Mobile
Bay, 5 August 1864. Securely lashed to the side of the Oneida which
had suffered the loss of her steering apparatus and an explosion
of her boiler from enemy fire, the Calena aided the stricken vessel
past the enemy forts to safety. Despite heavy damage to his ship
from raking enemy fire, Martin performed his duties with skill and
courage throughout the action.
MARTIN, GEORGE
(Service rendered under name of Martin Schwenk.)
MARTIN, JAMES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1826,
Derry, Ireland. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No: 45, 31 December
1864. Citation: As captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. Richmond
during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram
Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship
and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks,
Sgt. Martin fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the
furious 2_hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel
ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at
Fort Morgan.
MARTIN, SYLVESTER H.
Rank and organization. Lieutenant, Company K, 88th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Weldon Railroad, Va., 19 August 1864.
Entered service at:------. Birth: Chester County, Pa. Date of issue:
5 April 1894. Citation: Gallantly made a most dangerous reconnaissance,
discovering the position of the enemy and enabling the division
to repulse an attack made in strong force.
MARTIN, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1842,
Prussia. Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April
1863. Citation: Serving as boatswain's mate on board the U.S.S.
Benton during the attack on Haines Bluff, Yazoo River, 27 December
1862. Taking part in the hour_and_a_half engagement with the enemy,
who had the dead range of the vessel and was punishing her with
heavy fire, Martin served courageously throughout the battle until
the Benton was ordered to withdraw.
MARTIN, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1839, Ireland.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Captain
of a gun on board the U.S.S. Varuna during an attack on Forts Jackson
and St. Philip, 24 April 1862. His ship was taken under furious
fire by the rebel Morgan and severely damaged by ramming. Steadfast
at his station through the thickest of the fight, Martin inflicted
damage on the enemy, remaining cool and courageous although the
Varuna, so badly damaged that she was forced to beach, was finally
sunk.
MASON, ELIHU H. (4th to receive Medal of Honor)
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 21st Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Pemberville,
Wood County, Ohio. Birth: Wayne County, Ind. Date of issue: 25 March
1863. Citation: One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians)
who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly
200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train
at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track
between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
MATHEWS, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company E, 2d Maryland Veteran
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered
service at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: England. Date of issue: 10 July
1892. Citation: Finding himself among a squad of Confederates, he
fired into them, killing 1, and was himself wounded, but succeeded
in bringing in a sergeant and 2 men of the 17th South Carolina Regiment
(C.S.A.) as prisoners.
(Enlisted in 1861 at Baltimore, Md., under the name Henry Sivel,
and original Medal of Honor issued under that name. A new medal
was issued in 1900 under true name, William H Mathew.)
MATTHEWS, JOHN C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Westmoreland County, Pa. Date of issue: 13 February
1891. Citation: Voluntarily took the colors, whose bearer had been
disabled, and, although himself severely wounded, carried the same
until the enemy's works were taken.
MATTHEWS, MILTON
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at: Pittsburgh, Pa. Birth: Pittsburgh, Pa. Date of issue: 10 May
1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 7th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.).
MATTINGLY, HENRY B.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 10th Kentucky Infantry.
Place and date: At Jonesboro, Ga., 1 September 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Marion County, Ky. Date of issue: 7 April 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag of 6th and 7th Arkansas Infantry (C.S.A.).
MATTOCKS, CHARLES P.
Rank and organization: Major, 17th Maine Infantry. Place and date:
At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Portland,
Maine. Born: 1840, Danville, Vt. Date of issue: 29 March 1899. Citation:
Displayed extraordinary gallantry in leading a charge of his regiment
which resulted in the capture of a large number of prisoners and
a stand of colors.
MAXHAM, LOWELL M.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 7th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Carver, Mass. Date of issue: 24 August 1896. Citation:
Though severely wounded and in face of a deadly fire from the enemy
at short range, he rushed bravely forward and was among the first
to enter the enemy's works on the crest of Marye's Heights and helped
to plant his regimental colors there.
MAY, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 32d Iowa Infantry. Place
and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service
at: Maysville, Franklin County, Iowa. Birth: Pennsylvania. Date
of issue: 24 February 1865. Citation: Ran ahead of his regiment
over the enemy's works and captured from its bearer the flag of
Bonanchad's Confederate battery (C.S.A.).
MAYBERRY, JOHN B.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 1st Delaware Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service
at: Kent County, Del. Birth: Smyrna, Del. Date of issue: 1 December
1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
MAYES, WILLIAM B.
Rank and organization. Private, Company K, 11th Iowa Infantry.
Place and date: Near Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., 15 June 1864. Entered
service at: DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa. Birth: Marion County,
Ohio. Date of issue. 27 November 1899. Citation: With one companion
and under a fierce fire from the enemy at short range went to the
rescue of a wounded comrade who had fallen between the lines and
carried him to a place of safety.
MAYNARD, GEORGE H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 13th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date. At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862. Entered
service at:------. Born 2 February 1836, Waltham, Mass. Date of
issue: 1898. Citation: A wounded and helpless comrade, having been
left on the skirmish line, this soldier voluntarily returned to
the front under a severe fire and carried the wounded man to a place
of safety.
McADAMS, PETER
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 98th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Salem Heights, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service
at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 1 April 1898.
Citation: Went 250 yards in front of his regiment toward the position
of the enemy and under fire brought within the lines a wounded and
unconscious comrade.
McALWEE, BENJAMIN F.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 3d Maryland Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Washington, D.C. Date of issue: 4 April 1898.
Citation: Picked up a shell with burning fuse and threw it over
the parapet into the ditch, where it exploded; by this act he probably
saved the lives of comrades at the great peril of his own.
McANALLY, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company D, 69th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered
service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 2 August
1897. Citation: In a hand_to_hand encounter with the enemy captured
a flag, was wounded in the act, but continued on duty until he received
a second wound.
McCAMMON, WILLIAM W.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company E, 24th Missouri
Infantry. Place and date: At Corinth, Miss., 3 October 1862. Entered
service at: Montgomery County, Mo. Birth: Ohio. Date of issue: 9
July 1896. Citation: While on duty as provost marshal, voluntarily
assumed command of his company, then under fire, and so continued
in command until the repulse and retreat of the enemy on the following
day, the loss to this company during the battle being very great.
McCARREN, BERNARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 1st Delaware Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service
at: Wilmington, Del. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 1 December 1864.
Citation: Capture of flag.
McCAUSLlN, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 12th West Virginia Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at: Ohio County, W. Va. Birth: Ohio County, W. Va. Date of issue:
12 May 1865. Citation: Conspicuous gallantry as color bearer in
the assault on Fort Gregg.
McCLEARY, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company C. 72d Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Sandusky County, Ohio. Date of issue: 24 February
1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 4th Florida Infantry (C.S.A.),
while in advance of his lines.
McCLELLAND, JAMES M.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 30th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Ohio. Birth: Harrison County, Ohio. Date of issue: 13 August
1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming
party."
McCLELLAND, MATTHEW
Rank and organization: First Class Fireman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833,
Brooklyn, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863.
Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Richmond in the attack on
Port Hudson, 14 March 1863. Damaged by a 6_inch solid rifle shot
which shattered the starboard safety_valve chamber and also damaged
the port safety_valve, the fireroom of the Richmond immediately
became filled with steam to place it in an extremely critical condition.
Acting courageously in this crisis, McClelland persisted in penetrating
the steam_filled room in order to haul the hot fires of the furnaces
and continued this gallant action until the gravity of the situation
had lessened.
McCONNELL, SAMUEL
Rank and organization: Captain, Company H, 119th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service
at: Bushnell, McDonough County, Ill. Birth: Belmont County, Ohio.
Date of issue: 8 June 1865. Citation: While leading his company
in an assault, Capt. McConnell braved an intense fire that mowed
down his unit. Upon reaching the breastworks he found that he had
only one member of his company with him, Pvt. Wagner. He was so
close to an enemy gun that the blast knocked him down a ditch. Getting
up, he entered the gun pit, the guncrew fleeing before him. About
30 paces away he saw a Confederate flag bearer and guard which he
captured with the last shot in his pistol.
McCORMlCK, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833,
Ireland. Accredited to: Illinois. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: Served as boatswain's mate on board the U.S.S. Signal,
Red River, 5 May 1864. Proceeding up the Red River, the U.S.S. Signal
engaged a large force of enemy field batteries and sharpshooters,
returning the fire until the ship was totally disabled, at which
time the white flag was raised. Serving as gun captain and wounded
early in the battle, McCormick bravely stood by his gun in the face
of the enemy fire until ordered to withdraw.
McCORNACK, ANDREW
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 127th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Rutland, La Salle County, Ill. Birth: Kane, Ill. Date of issue:
10 January 1895. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer
storming party."
McCULLOCK, ADAM
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1830, Maine. Accredited
to: Maine. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the
U.S.S. Lackawanna during successful attacks against Fort Morgan,
rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August
1864. Wounded when an enemy shell struck, and ordered to go below,
McCullock refused to leave his station and continued to perform
his duties throughout the prolonged action which resulted in the
capture of the prize ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction
of Fort Morgan.
McDONALD, GEORGE E.
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 1st Connecticut Heavy
Artillery. Place and date: At Fort Stedman, Va., 25 March 1865.
Entered service at: Warwick, R.I. Birth: Warwick, R.I. Date of issue:
21 July 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
McDONALD, JOHN
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1817,
Scotland. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 11 , 3 April 1
863. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Baron De Kalb, Yazoo
River Expedition, 23 to 27 December 1862. Proceeding under orders
up the Yazoo River, the U.S.S. Baron De Kalb, with the object of
capturing or destroying the enemy's transports, came upon the steamers
John Walsh, R. J. Locklan, Golden Age, and the Scotland, sunk on
a bar where they were ordered burned. Continuing up the river, she
was fired on but, upon returning the fire, caused the enemy's retreat.
Returning down the Yazoo, she destroyed and captured large quantities
of enemy equipment and several prisoners. Serving bravely throughout
this action, McDonald, as boatswain's mate, "distinguished himself
in the various actions."
McDONALD, JOHN WADE
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 20th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., 6 April 1862. Entered
service at: Wayneville, DeWitt County, Ill. Birth: Lancaster, Ohio.
Date of issue: 27 August 1900. Citation: Was severely wounded while
endeavoring, at the risk of his life, to carry to a place of safety
a wounded and helpless comrade.
McELHlNNY, SAMUEL O.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 2d West Virginia Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at: Point Pleasant, W. Va. Birth. Meigs County, Ohio. Date of issue:
3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
McENROE, PATRICK H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 6th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service
at: New York. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 27 September 1864.
Citation: Capture of colors of 36th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
McFALL, DANIEL
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 17th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service
at: Ypsilanti, Mich. Born: 1836, Niagara County, N.Y. Date of issue.
27 July 1896. Citation: Captured Col. Barker, commanding the Confederate
brigade that charged the Union batteries; on the same day rescued
Lt. George W. Harmon of his regiment from the enemy.
McFARLAND, JOHN
Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy. Born:
1840, Boston, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 45,
31 December 1864. Citation: Stationed at the wheel on board the
flagship U.S.S. Hartford during successful action against Fort Morgan,
rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August
1864. With his ship under terrific enemy shellfire, McFarland performed
his duties with skill and courage and, when the Lackawanna ran into
his ship and every man at the wheel was in danger of being crushed,
remained steadfast at his station and continued to steer the ship.
McGlNN, EDWARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 54th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 28 June 1894. Citation.
Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
McGONAGLE, WILSON
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 30th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Jefferson County, Ohio. Date of issue: 15 August
1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming
party."
McGONNlGLE, ANDREW J.
Rank and organization: Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, U.S.
Volunteers. Place and date: At Cedar Creek. Va., 19 October 1864
Entered service at: Cumberland, Md. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of
issue: 21 July 1897. Citation: While acting chief quartermaster
of Gen. Sheridan's forces operating in the Shenandoah Valley was
severely wounded while voluntarily leading a brigade of infantry
and was commended for the greatest gallantry by Gen. Sheridan.
McGOUGH, OWEN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Battery D, 5th U.S. Artillery.
Place and date: At Bull Run, Va., 21 July 1861. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 28 August 1897. Citation:
Through his personal exertions under a heavy fire, one of the guns
of his battery was brought off the field; all the other guns were
lost.
McGOWAN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1831, Ireland.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: McGowan
occupied one of the most responsible positions on the U.S.S. Varuna
during the attacks on Forts Jackson and St. Philip and in action
against the rebel ship Morgan on 24 April 1862. Although guns were
raking the decks from behind him, McGowan remained steadfast at
the wheel throughout the thickest of the fight, continuing at his
station and rendering service with the greatest courage and skill
until his ship, repeatedly holed and twice rammed by the enemy,
was beached and sunk.
McGRAW, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 23d Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at: Chicago, Ill. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 12 May 1865. Citation:
One of the three soldiers most conspicuous for gallantry in the
final assault.
McGUlRE, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Private, Chicago Mercantile Battery, Illinois
Light Artillery. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863.
Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
15 January 1895. Citation: Carried with others by hand a cannon
up to and fired it through an embrasure of the enemy's work.
McHALE, ALEXANDER U.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 26th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania Courthouse, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered
service at: Muskegon, Mich. Born: 1842, Ireland. Date of issue:
11 January 1900. Citation: Captured a Confederate color in a charge,
threw the flag over in front of the works, and continued in the
charge upon the enemy.
McHUGH, MARTIN
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1837, Cincinnati,
Ohio. Accredited to: Ohio. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation:
Serving on board the U.S.S. Cincinnati during the attack on the
Vicksburg batteries and at the time of her sinking, 27 May 1863.
Engaging the enemy in a fierce battle, the Cincinnati amidst, an
incessant fire of shot and shell, continued to fire her guns to
the last, though so penetrated by shellfire that her fate was sealed.
Serving bravely during this action, McHugh was conspicuously cool
under the fire of the enemy, never ceasing to fire until this proud
ship went down, "her colors nailed to the mast."
MclNTOSH, JAMES
Rank and organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833,
Canada. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel
forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August
1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on
board as enemy fire raked her decks, Mclntosh performed his duties
with skill and courage throughout the prolonged battle which resulted
in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the successful
attacks carried out on Fort Morgan.
McKAY, CHARLES W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 154th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Dug Gap, Ga., 8 May 1864. Entered service at:
Allegheny, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Birth: Mansfield, N.Y. Date
of issue: 13 April 1894. Citation: Voluntarily risked his life in
rescuing under the fire of the enemy a wounded comrade who was Iying
between the lines.
McKEE, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Color Sergeant, Company D, 89th New York
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 12 May 1865.
Citation: Gallantry as color bearer in the assault on Fort Gregg.
McKEEN, NINEVEH S.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company H, 21st Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Stone River, Tenn., 30 December 1862.
At Liberty Gap, Tenn., 25 June 1863. Entered service at: Marshall,
Clark County, Ill. Birth: Marshall, Clark County, Ill. Date of issue:
23 June 1890. Citation: Conspicuous in the charge at Stone River,
Tenn., where he was three times wounded. At Liberty Gap, Tenn.,
captured colors of 8th Arkansas Infantry (C.S.A.).
McKEEVER, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and date: At Burnt Ordinary, Va., 19 January 1863. Entered
service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 2 August
1897. Citation: Was one of a small scouting party that charged and
routed a mounted force of the enemy six times their number. He led
the charge in a most gallant and distinguished manner, going far
beyond the call of duty.
McKNIGHT, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840 Ulster County,
N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation:
Captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. Varuna during the attacks on
Forts Jackson and St. Philip and in action against the rebel ship
Morgan, 24 April 1862. During this action at extremely close range,
while his ship was under furious fire and was twice rammed by the
rebel ship Morgan, McKnight remained steadfast at his gun throughout
the thickest of the fight and was instrumental in inflicting damage
on the enemy until the Varuna, so badly damaged that she was forced
to beach, was finally sunk.
McKOWN, NATHANIEL A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 58th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Susquehanna County, Pa. Date of issue:
6 April 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
McLEOD, JAMES
Rank and organization: Captain of the Foretop, U.S. Navy. Born:
Scotland. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation:
Captain of foretop, and a volunteer from the Colorado, McLeod served
on board the U.S.S. Pensacola during the attack upon Forts Jackson
and St. Philip and the taking of New Orleans, 24 and 25 April 1862.
Acting as gun captain of the rifled howitzer aft which was much
exposed, he served this piece with great ability and activity, although
no officer superintended it.
McMAHON, MARTIN T.
Rank and organization: Captain, and aide_de_camp U.S. Volunteers
Place and date: At White Oak Swamp, Va., 30 June i862. Entered service
at: California. Born: 21 March 1838, Canada. Date of issue: 10 March
1891. Citation: Under fire of the enemy, successfully destroyed
a valuable train that had been abandoned and prevented it from falling
into the hands of the enemy.
McMILLEN, FRANCIS M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 110th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at: Piqua, Ohio. Birth. Bracken County, Ky. Date of issue: 10 May
1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
*McVEANE, JOHN P.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 49th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Fredericksburg Heights, Va., 4 May 1863. Entered
service at: Buffalo, N.Y. Birth: Canada. Date of issue: 21 September
1870. Citation: Shot a Confederate color bearer and seized the flag;
also approached, alone, a barn between the lines and demanded and
received the surrender of a number of the enemy therein.
McWHORTER, WALTER F.
Rank and organization: Commissary Sergeant, Company E, 3d West
Virginia Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April
1865. Entered service at: Harrison County, W. Va. Birth: Lewis County,
W. Va. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 6th
Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.).
McWlLLlAMS, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1844, Pennsylvania.
Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O). No.. 59, 22 June 1865. Citation.
Served on board the U.S.S. Pontoosuc during the capture of Fort
Fisher and Wilmington, 24 December 1864, to 22 February 1865. Carrying
out his duties faithfully throughout this period, McWilliams was
so severely wounded in the assault upon Fort Fisher that he was
sent to the hospital at Portsmouth, Va. McWilliams was recommended
for his gallantry, skill and coolness in action while under the
fire of the enemy.
MEACH, GEORGE E.
Rank and organization: Farrier, Company I, 6th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: New York. Date of issue: 27 September 1864. Citation:
Capture of flag.
MEAGHER, THOMAS
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company G, 158th New York
Infantry. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864.
Entered service at: Brooklyn N.Y. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue:
6 April 1865. Citation: Led a section of his men on the enemy's
works, receiving a wound while scaling a parapet.
MEARS, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service
at: Bloomsburgh, Pa. Birth: Bloomsburgh, Pa. Date of issue: 16 February
1897. Citation: With five volunteers he gallantly charged on a number
of the enemy's sharpshooters concealed in a log house, captured
them, and brought them into the Union lines.
MELVILLE, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1828,
Dover, N.H. Accredited to: New Hampshire. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December
1864. Citation: On board the flagship U.S.S. Hartford during action
against rebel gunboats, the ram Tennessee, and Fort Morgan in Mobile
Bay, 5 August 1864. Wounded and taken below to the surgeon when
a shell burst between the two forward 9_inch guns, killing and wounding
15 men, Melville promptly returned to his gun on the deck and, although
scarcely able to stand, refused to go below and continued to man
his post throughout the remainder of the action resulting in the
capture of the rebel ram Tennessee.
MENTER, JOHN W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 5th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at: Detroit, Mich. Birth: Palmer, N.Y. Date of issue: 10 May 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag.
MERRIAM, HENRY C.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 73d U.S. Colored Troops.
Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service
at: Houlton, Maine. Birth: Houlton, Maine. Date of issue: 28 June
1894. Citation: Volunteered to attack the enemy's works in advance
of orders and, upon permission being given, made a most gallant
assault.
MERRIFIELD, JAMES K.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 88th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864. Entered service
at: Manlius, Bureau County, Ill. Birth: Pennsylvania. Date of issue:
28 March 1896. Citation: Captured 2 battle flags from the enemy
and returned with them to his own lines.
MERRILL, AUGUSTUS
Rank and organization: Captain, Company B, 1st Maine Veteran Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at: Lyndon, Maine. Birth: Byron, Maine. Date of issue: 23 October
1891. Citation: With 6 men, captured 69 Confederate prisoners and
recaptured several soldiers who had fallen into the enemy's hands.
MERRILL, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 142d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Fort Fisher, N.C., 15 January 1865. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Queensberry, N.Y. Date of issue: 28 December
1914. Citation: Voluntarily advanced with the head of the column
and cut down the palisading.
MERRITT, JOHN G.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 1st Minnesota Infantry.
Place and date: At Bull Run, Va., 21 July 1861. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: New York. Date of issue: 1 April 1880. Citation:
Gallantry in action; was wounded while capturing flag in advance
of his regiment.
MEYER, HENRY C.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company D, 24th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service
at: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Birth: Hamburg, N.Y. Date of issue: 29 March
1899. Citation: During an assault and in the face of a heavy fire
rendered heroic assistance to a wounded and helpless officer, thereby
saving his life and in the performance of this gallant act sustained
a severe wound.
MIFFLIN, JAMES
Rank and organization: Engineer's Cook, U.S. Navy. Born: 1839,
Richmond, Va. Accredited to: Virginia. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December
1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during successful attacks
against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile
Bay, on 5 August 1864. Stationed in the immediate vicinity of the
shell whips which were twice cleared of men by bursting shells,
Mifflin remained steadfast at his post and performed his duties
in the powder division throughout the furious action which resulted
in the surrender of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging
and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
MILES, NELSON A.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 61st New York Infantry. Place and
date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 2_3 May 1863. Entered service at:
Roxbury, Mass. Birth: Westminster, Mass. Date of issue: 23 July
1892. Citation: Distinguished gallantry while holding with his command
an advanced position against repeated assaults by a strong force
of the enemy; was severely wounded.
MILLER, ANDREW
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1836,
Germany. Accredited to: Washington, D.C. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December
1864. Citation: As captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. Richmond
during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram
Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship
and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks,
Sgt. Miller fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the
furious 2_hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel
ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at
Fort Morgan.
MILLER, FRANK
Rank and organization: Private, Company M, 2d New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at: Jamaica, N.Y. Birth: New York. Date of issue: 24 April 1865.
citation: Capture of flag of 25th Battalion Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.);
was taken prisoner, but successfully retained his trophy until recaptured.
MILLER, HENRY A.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company B, 8th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service
at: Decatur, Ill. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 8 June 1865. Citation:
Capture of flag.
MILLER, JACOB C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 113th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Geneva, Kane County, Ill. Birth: Bellevue, Ohio. Date of Issue:
20 August 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer
storming party."
MILLER, JAMES
Rank and organization. Quartermaster, U.S. Navy Born 1835 Denmark.
Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864 Citation:
Served as quartermaster on board the U.S. Steam Gunboat Marblehead
off Legareville, Stono River, 25 December 1863, during an engagement
with the enemy on John's Island. Acting courageously under the fierce
hostile fire, Miller behaved gallantly throughout the engagement
which resulted in the enemy's withdrawal and abandonment of its
arms.
MILLER, JAMES P.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 4th Iowa Cavalry. Place
and date: At Selma, Ala., 2 April 1865. Entered service at. Henry
County, Iowa. Birth: Franklin, Ohio. Date of issue: 17 June 1865.
Citation: Capture of standard of 12th Mississippi Cavalry (C.S.A.).
MILLER, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 8th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service
at: Freemont, Sandusky County, Ohio. Birth: Germany. Date of issue.
1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of 2 flags.
MILLER, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 8th New York Cavalry
Place and date: At Waynesboro, Va., 2 March 1865. Entered service
at. Rochester, N.Y. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 26 March 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag.
MILLER, WILLIAM E.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company H, 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Born: 5 February 1836, West Hill, Pa. Date of issue
21 July 1897. Citation: Without orders, led a charge of his squadron
upon the flank of the enemy, checked his attack, and cut off and
dispersed the rear of his column.
MILLIKEN, DANIEL
Rank and organization: Quarter Gunner, U.S. Navy. Born: 1838 Maine.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation Milliken
served on board the U.S.S. New Ironsides during action in several
attacks on Fort Fisher, 24 and 25 December 1864_ and 13,14 and 15
January 1865. The ship steamed in and took the lead in the Ironclad
division close inshore and immediately opened its starboard battery
in a barrage of well directed fire to cause several fires and explosions
and dismount several guns during the first 2 days of fighting. Taken
under fire as she steamed into position on 13 January, the New Ironsides
fought all day and took on ammunition at night despite severe weather
conditions. When the enemy came out of his bombproofs to defend
the fort against the storming party, the ship's battery disabled
nearly every gun on the fort facing the shore before the cease_fire
orders were given by the flagship.
MILLS, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1843, Upster, N.Y.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On
board the U.S.S. Minnesota, in action during the assault on Fort
Fisher, 15 January 1865. Landing on the beach with the assaulting
party from his ship, Mills charged up to the palisades and, when
more than two_thirds of the men became seized with panic and retreated
on the run, risked his life to remain with a wounded officer. With
the enemy concentrating his fire on the group, he waited until after
dark before assisting the wounded man from the field.
MILLS, FRANK W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 1st New York Mounted
Rifles Place and date: At Sandy Cross Roads, N.C., 4 September 1862.
Entered service at:------. Birth: Middletown, N.Y. Date of issue:
2 April 1898. Citation: While scouting, this soldier, in command
of an advance of but 3 or 4 men, came upon the enemy, and charged
them without orders, the rest of the troops following, the whole
force of the enemy, 120 men, being captured.
MINDIL, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company I, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Williamsburg, Va., 5 May 1862. Entered service
at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 25 October
1893. Citation: As aide_de_camp led the charge with a part of a
regiment, pierced the enemy's center, silenced some of his artillery,
and, getting in his rear, caused him to abandon his position.
MITCHELL, ALEXANDER H.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company A, 105th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered
service at: Hamilton, Pa. Birth: Perrysville, Pa. Date of issue:
27 March 1890. Citation: Capture of flag of 18th North Carolina
Infantry (C.S.A.), in a personal encounter with the color bearer.
MITCHELL, THEODORE
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at: Pittsburgh, Pa. Birth: Tarentum, Pa. r)ate of issue: 10 May
1865. Citation: Capture of the flag of the Tennessee Brigade (C.S.A.).
MOFFITT, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 16th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Gaines Mill, Va., 27 June 1862. Entered service
at: Plattsburg, N.Y. Born. 8 January 1843, Chazy, Clinton County,
N.Y. Date of issue: 3 March 1891. Citation: Voluntarily took up
the regimental colors after several color bearers had been shot
down and carried them until himself wounded.
MOLBONE, ARCHIBALD
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 1st Rhode Island Light
Artillery. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered
service at: West Greenwich, R.I. Birth: Coventry, R.I. Date of issue:
20 June 1866. Citation: Was one of a detachment of 20 picked artillerymen
who voluntarily accompanied an infantry assaulting party and who
turned upon the enemy the guns captured in the assault.
MOLLOY, HUGH
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1832,
Illinois. Accredited to: Illinois. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864.
Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Fort Hindman during the engagement
near Harrisonburg, La., 2 March 1864. Following a shellburst which
mortally wounded the first sponger, who dropped the sponge out of
the forecastle port, Molloy jumped out of the port to the forecastle,
recovered the sponge and sponged and loaded the gun for the remainder
of the action from his exposed position, despite the extreme danger
to his person from the raking fire of enemy musketry.
MONAGHAN, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service
at: Minersville, Pa. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 1 December 1864.
Citation: Recapture of colors of 7th New York Heavy Artillery.
MONTGOMERY, ROBERT
Rank and organization: Captain of the Afterguard, U.S. Navy. Born:
1838, Ireland. Accredited to: Virginia. G.O. No.: 45, 21 December
1864. Citation: Montgomery served on board the U.S.S. Agawam, as
one of a volunteer crew of a powder boat which was exploded near
Fort Fisher, 23 December 1864. The powder boat, towed in by the
Wilderness to prevent detection by the enemy, cast off and slowly
steamed to within 300 yards of the beach. After fuses and fires
had been lit and a second anchor with short scope let go to assure
the boat's tailing inshore, the crew again boarded the Wilderness
and proceeded a distance of 12 miles from shore. Less than 2 hours
later the explosion took place, and the following day fires were
observed still burning at the forts.
MOORE, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1839, Ireland.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864. Citation:
Serving on board the U.S. Steam Gunboat Marblehead off Legareville,
Stono River, 25 December 1863, during an engagement with the enemy
on John's Island. Wounded in the fierce battle, Moore returned to
his quarters until so exhausted by loss of blood that he had to
be taken below. This engagement resulted in the enemy's abandonment
of his positions, leaving a caisson and one gun behind.
MOORE, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Entered service at: 25
March 1862, Gibraltar, England. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: Served as seaman on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge when she
destroyed the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864. Acting
as sponger and loader of the 1 l_inch pivot gun of the second division
during this bitter engagement, Moore exhibited marked coolness and
good conduct and was highly recommended for his gallantry under
fire by the divisional officer.
MOORE, DANIEL B.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 11th Wisconsin Infantry.
Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service
at: Mifflin, Wis. Born: 12 June 1838, Iowa County, Wis. Date of
issue: 8 August 1900. Citation: At the risk of his own life saved
the life of an officer who had been shot down and overpowered by
superior numbers.
MOORE, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1838, Philadelphia,
Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation:
Served on board the U.S.S. Rhode Island which was engaged in saving
the lives of the officers and crew of the Monitor, 30 December 1862.
Participating in the hazardous task of rescuing the officers and
crew of the sinking Monitor, Moore after rescuing several of the
men, became separated in a heavy gale with other members of the
cutter that had set out from the Rhode Island, and spent many hours
in the small boat at the mercy of the weather and high seas until
finally picked up by a schooner 50 miles east of Cape Hatteras.
MOORE, GEORGE G.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 11th West Virginia Infantry.
Place and date: At Fishers Hill, Va., 22 September 1864. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Tyler County W. Va. Date of issue: 6
October 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
MOORE, WILBUR F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 117th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service
at: Lebanon, St. Clair County, Ill. Birth: Lebanon, St. Clair County,
Ill. Date of issue: 22 February 1865. Citation: Captured flag of
a Confederate battery while far in advance of the Union lines.
MOORE, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1834,
Boston, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April
1864. Citation: Serving as boatswain's mate on board the U.S.S.
Benton during the attack on Haines Bluff, Yazoo River, 27 December
1862. Wounded during the hour_and_a_half engagement in which the
enemy had the dead range of the vessel and was punishing her with
heavy fire, Moore served courageously in carrying lines to the shore
until the Benton was ordered to withdraw.
MOREY, DELANO
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 82d Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: At McDowell, Va., 8 May 1862. Entered service at: Hardin
County, Ohio. Birth: Licking County, Ohio. Date of issue: 14 August
1893. Citation: After the charge of the command had been repulsed,
he rushed forward alone with an empty gun and captured two of the
enemy's sharpshooters.
MORFORD, JEROME
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 55th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Bridgers Corner, Ill. Birth: Mercer County, Pa. Date of issue:
2 September 1893. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer
storming party."
MORGAN, JAMES H.
Rank and organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840,
New York. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: As captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. Richmond during
action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the Tennessee in
Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss
of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks Morgan fought
his gun with skill and courage throughout a furious 2_hour battle
which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in
the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
MORGAN, LEWIS
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 4th Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at:
Delaware County, Ohio. Birth: Delaware County, Ohio. Date of issue:
1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag from the enemy's works.
MORGAN, RICHARD H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 4th Iowa Cavalry. Place
and date: At Columbus, Ga., 16 April 1865. Entered service at: Taylor,
Freemont County, Iowa. Birth: Dubois County, Ind. Date of issue:
17 June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag inside the enemy's works,
contesting for its possession with its bearer.
MORRILL, WALTER G.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company B, 20th Maine Infantry.
Place and date: At Rappahannock Station, Va., 7 November 1863. Entered
service at: Brownville, Maine. Birth: Brownville, Maine. Date of
issue: 5 April 1898. Citation: Learning that an assault was to be
made upon the enemy's works by other troops, this officer voluntarily
joined the storming party with about 50 men of his regiment, and
by his dash and gallantry rendered effective service in the assault.
MORRIS, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 1st New York (Lincoln)
Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered
service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue:
3 May 1865. Citation. Capture of flag of 40th Virginia Infantry
(C.S.A.).
MORRISON, FRANCIS
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 85th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Bermuda Hundred, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service
at: Drakestown, Pa. Birth: Fayette County, Pa. Date of issue: 2
August 1897. Citation: Voluntarily exposed himself to a heavy fire
to bring off a wounded comrade.
MORRISON, JOHN G.
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Entered service at:
Lansingburg, N.Y. Born: 3 November 1842, Ireland G.O. No.: 59, 22
June 1865. Citation: Serving as coxswain on board the U.S.S. Carondelet,
Morrison was commended for meritorious conduct in general and especially
for his heroic conduct and his inspiring example to the crew in
the engagement with the rebel ram Arkansas, Yazoo River, 15 July
1862. When the Carondelet was badly cut up, several of her crew
killed, many wounded and others almost suffocated from the effects
of escaped steam, Morrison was the leader when boarders were called
on deck, and the first to return to the guns and give the ram a
broadside as she passed. His presence of mind in time of battle
or trial is reported as always conspicuous and encouraging.
MORSE, BENJAMIN
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 3d Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service
at: Grand Rapids, Mich. Born: 20 September 1844, Livingston, N.Y.
Date of issue: 24 February 1891. Citation: Capture of colors of
4th Georgia Battery (C.S.A.)
MORSE, CHARLES E.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 62d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 5 May 1864. Entered service
at: New York. Birth: France. Date of issue: 14 January 1890. Citation:
Voluntarily rushed back into the enemy's lines, took the colors
from the color sergeant, who was mortally wounded, and, although
himself wounded, carried them through the fight.
MORTON, CHARLES W.
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1836,
Ireland. Accredited to: Maryland. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation:
Serving as boatswain's mate on board the U.S.S. Benton during the
Yazoo River Expedition, 23 to 27 December 1863. Taking part in the
hour_and_a_half engagement with the enemy at Drumgould's Bluff,
27 December, Morton served courageously throughout the battle against
the hostile forces, who had the dead range of the vessel and were
punishing her with heavy fire, until the Benton was ordered to withdraw.
MOSTOLLER, JOHN W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 54th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Lynchburg, Va., 18 June 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Somerset County, Pa. Date of issue: 27 December
1894. Citation: Voluntarily led a charge on a Confederate battery
(the officers of the company being disabled) and compelled its hasty
removal.
MULHOLLAND, ST. CLAIR A.
Rank and organization: Major, 116th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place
and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 4_5 May 1863. Entered service
at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 1 April 1839, Ireland. Date of issue:
26 March 1895. Citation: In command of the picket line held the
enemy in check all night to cover the retreat of the Army.
MULLEN, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Entered service
at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: Baltimore, Md. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865.
Citation: Served as boatswain's mate on board the U.S.S. Wyandank
during a boat expedition up Mattox Creek, 17 March 1865. Rendering
gallant assistance to his commanding officer, Mullen, lying on his
back, loaded the howitzer and then fired so carefully as to kill
and wound many rebels, causing their retreat.
SECOND AWARD
G.O. No.: 62, 29 June 1865. Second award. Citation: Served as boatswain's
mate on board the U.S.S. Don, 1 May 1865. Engaged in picking up
the crew of picket launch No. 6, which had swamped. Mullen, seeing
an officer who was at that time no longer able to keep up and was
below the surface of the water, jumped overboard and brought the
officer to the boat, thereby rescuing him from drowning, which brave
action entitled him to wear a bar on the medal he had already received
at Mattox Creek, 17 March 1865.
MUNDELL, WALTER L.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 5th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at: Dallas, Mich. Born: 1839, Michigan. Date of issue: 10 May 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag.
MUNSELL, HARVEY M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 99th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1_3 July 1863. Entered service
at: Vanango County, Pa. Birth: Steuben County, N.Y. Date of issue:
5 February 1866. Citation: Gallant and courageous conduct as color
bearer. (This noncommissioned officer carried the colors of his
regiment through 13 engagements.)
MURPHY, CHARLES J.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, 38th
New York Infantry. Place and date: At Bull Run, Va., 21 July 1861.
Entered service at:------. Birth: England. Date of issue: 5 April
1898. Citation: Took a rifle and voluntarily fought with his regiment
in the ranks; when the regiment was forced back, voluntarily remained
on the field caring for the wounded, and was there taken prisoner.
MURPHY, DANIEL J.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 19th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 27 October 1864.
Entered service at: Lowell, Mass. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date
of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 47th North
Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.).
MURPHY, DENNIS J. F.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 14th Wisconsin Infantry.
Place and date: At Corinth, Miss., 3 October 1862. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 22 January 1892. Citation:
Although wounded three times, carried the colors throughout the
conflict.
MURPHY, JAMES T.
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 1st Connecticut Artillery.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 25 March 1865. Entered service
at: New Haven, Conn. Birth: Canada. Date of issue: 29 October 1886.
Citation: A piece of artillery having been silenced by the enemy,
this soldier voluntarily ass1sted in working the piece, conducting
himself throughout the engagement in a gallant and fearless manner.
MURPHY, JOHN P.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 5th Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Entered service at:
Cincinnati, Ohio. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 11 September 1866.
Citation: Capture of flag of 13th Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.).
MURPHY, MICHAEL C.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 170th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At North Anna River, Va., 24 May 1864. Entered service
at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 15 January 1897.
Citation: This officer, commanding the regiment, kept it on the
field exposed to the fire of the enemy for 3 hours without being
able to fire one shot in return because of the ammunition being
exhausted.
MURPHY, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1823,
Ireland. Accredited to: New York. Citation: Served as boatswain's
mate on board the U.S.S. Metacomet, during action against rebel
forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August
1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on
board as enemy fire raked her decks, Murphy performed his duties
with skill and courage throughout a furious 2_hour battle which
resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the
damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
MURPHY, ROBINSON B.
Rank and organization: Musician, Company A, 127th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Atlanta, Ga., 28 July 1864. Entered service at:
Oswego, Kendall County, Ill. Birth: Oswego, Kendall County, Ill.
Date of issue: 22 July 1890. Citation: Being orderly to the brigade
commander, he voluntarily led two regiments as reinforcements into
line of battle, where he had his horse shot under him.
MURPHY, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company K, 158th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 30 September 1864. Entered
service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue:
15 October 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
MURPHY, THOMAS C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 31st Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Pekin, Ill. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 14 August 1893. Citation:
Voluntarily crossed the line of heavy fire of Union and Confederate
forces, carrying a message to stop the firing of one Union regiment
on another.
MURPHY, THOMAS J.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company G, 146th New York
Infantry. Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered
service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 10 May
1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
MYERS, GEORGE S.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 101st Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Chickamauga, Ga., 19 September 1863. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Fairfield, Ohio. Date of issue: 9 April
1894. Citation: Saved the regimental colors by greatest personal
devotion and bravery.
MYERS, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 1st Maryland Cavalry.
Place and date: At Appomattox Courthouse, Va., 9 April 1865. Entered
service at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue:
14 June 1871. Citation: Gallantry in action; was 5 times wounded.
NASH, HENRY H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 3 May 1863. Entered service
at: Adrian, Mich. Born: 4 March 1842, Lanawee, Mich. Date of issue:
15 February 1909. Citation: Was one of a party that volunteered
and attempted to run the enemy's batteries with a steam tug and
2 barges loaded with subsistence stores.
NAYLOR, DAVID
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1843, Thompsonville,
N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Served on board the U.S.S. Oneida in the engagement at Mobile Bay,
5 August 1864. Acting as powder boy at the 30-pounder Parrott rifle,
Naylor had his passing box shot from his hands and knocked overboard
where it fell in one of the Calena's boats which was under the bow.
Jumping overboard, Naylor recovered his box, returned to his station
and continued to carry out his courageous actions throughout the
engagement which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee
and the damaging of Fort Morgan.
NEAHR, ZACHARIAH C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 142d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Fort Fisher, N.C., 16 January 1865. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Canajoharie, N.Y. Date of issue: 11 September
1890. Citation: Voluntarily advanced with the head of the column
and cut down the palisading.
NEIL, JOHN
Rank and organization: Quarter Gunner, U.S. Navy. Born: 1837, Newfoundland.
Accredited to: Virginia. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Neil served on board the U.S.S. Agawam, as one of a volunteer crew
of a powder boat which was exploded near Fort Fisher, 23 December
1864. The powder boat, towed in by the Wilderness to prevent detection
by the enemy, cast off and slowly steamed to within 300 yards of
the beach. After fuses and fires had been lit and a second anchor
with short scope let go to assure the boat's tailing inshore, the
crew again boarded the Wilderness and proceeded a distance of 12
miles from shore. Less than 2 hours later the explosion took place,
and the following day fires were observed still burning at the forts.
NEVILLE, EDWIN M.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company C, 1st Connecticut Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at: Waterbury, Conn. Birth:------. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation:
Capture of flag.
NEWLAND, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1841,
Medway, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December
1864. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Oneida in the engagement
at Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Carrying out his duties as loader
of the after 11-inch gun, Newland distinguished himself on board
for his good conduct and faithful discharge of his station, behaving
splendidly under the fire of the enemy and throughout the battle
which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee and the
damaging of Fort Morgan.
NEWMAN, MARCELLUS J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 111th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Resaca, Ga., 14 May 1864. Entered service at:
Richview, Washington County, Ill. Birth: Richview, Washington County,
Ill. Date of issue: 13 May 1899. Citation: Voluntarily returned,
in the face of a severe fire from the enemy, and rescued a wounded
comrade who had been left behind as the regiment fell back.
NEWMAN, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company B, 86th New York Infantry.
Place and date: Near Amelia Springs, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Orange County, N.Y. Date of issue: 10
May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
NIBBE, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1842, Germany.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Served
as quartermaster on board the U.S.S. Peterel during its capture
in Yazoo River, 22 April 1864. Standing his ground when a shot came
through the stern, raking the gundeck and entering and exploding
the boilers, when all the others had deserted the flag, Nibbe assisted
in getting the wounded off the guard and proceeded to get ready
to fire the ship despite the escaping steam from the boilers at
which time he was surrounded on all sides by the rebels and forced
to surrender.
NICHOLS, HENRY C.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company E, 73d U.S. Colored Troops.
Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Brandon, Vt. Date of issue: 3 August 1897. Citation:
Voluntarily made a reconnaissance in advance of the line held by
his regiment and, under a heavy fire, obtained information of great
value.
NICHOLS, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1837, New
York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during successful attacks
against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee, in Mobile
Bay, on 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship and the
loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks from
stem to stern, Nichols fought his gun with skill and courage throughout
the furious battle which resulted in the surrender of the prize
rebel ram Tennessee, and in the damaging and destruction of batteries
at Fort Morgan.
NIVEN, ROBERT
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company H, 8th New York
Cavalry. Place and date: At Waynesboro, Va., 2 March 1865. Entered
service at: Rochester, N.Y. Born: 18 December 1833, Harlem, N.Y.
Date of issue: 26 March 1865. Citation: Capture of 2 flags.
NOBLE, DANIEL
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840, Bath County,
Ky. G.O. No.: 71, 15 January 1866. Citation: As landsman on board
the U.S.S. Metacomet, Noble served among the boat's crew which went
to the rescue of the U.S. Monitor Tecumseh when that vessel was
struck by a torpedo in passing enemy forts in Mobile Bay, 5 August
1864. Noble braved the enemy fire which was said by the admiral
to be "one of the most galling" he had ever seen and aided in rescuing
from death 10 of the crew of the Tecumseh, thereby eliciting the
admiration of both friend and foe.
NOLAN, JOHN J.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 8th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: At Georgia Landing, La., 27 October 1862. Entered
service at: Nashua, N.H. Born: 24 June 1844, Ireland. Date of issue:
3 August 1897. Citation: Although prostrated by a cannon shot, refused
to give up the flag which he was carrying as color bearer of his
regiment and continued to carry it at the head of the regiment throughout
the engagement.
NOLL, CONRAD
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 20th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service
at: Ann Arbor, Mich. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 28 July 1896.
Citation: Seized the colors, the color bearer having been shot down,
and gallantly fought his way out with them, though the enemy were
on the left flank and rear.
NORTH, JASPER N.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 4th West Virginia Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Ames, Ohio. Birth:------. Date of issue: 27 July 1894. Citation:
Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
NORTON, ELLIOTT M.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company H, 6th Michigan
Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered
service at: Cooper, Mich. Birth: Connecticut. Date of issue: 3 May
1865. Citation: Rushed ahead of his column and captured the flag
of the 44th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.).
NORTON, JOHN R.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company M, 1st New York (Lincoln)
Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Ontario County, N.Y. Date of issue: 3
May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
NORTON, LLEWELLYN P.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company L, 10th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at: Cortland County, N.Y. Birth: Scott, N.Y. Date of issue: 3 July
1865. Citation: Charged the enemy and, with the assistance of Corporal
Bringle, captured a fieldpiece with 2 prisoners.
NOYES, WILLIAM W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 2d Vermont Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service
at: Montpelier, Vt. Birth: Montpelier, Vt. Date of issue: 22 March
1892. Citation: Standing upon the top of the breastworks, deliberately
took aim and fired no less than 15 shots into the enemy's lines,
but a few yards away.
NUGENT, CHRISTOPHER
Rank and organization: Orderly Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born:
1840, County of Caven, Ireland. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O.
No.: 32, 16 April 1864. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Fort
Henry, Crystal River, Fla., 15 June 1863. Reconnoitering on the
Crystal River on this date and in charge of a boat from the Fort
Henry, Orderly Sgt. Nugent ordered an assault upon a rebel breastwork
fortification. In this assault, the orderly sergeant and his comrades
drove a guard of 11 rebels into the swamp, capturing their arms
and destroying their camp equipage while gallantly withholding fire
to prevent harm to a woman among the fugitives. On 30 July 1863,
he further proved his courage by capturing a boat off Depot Key,
Fla., containing 2 men and a woman with their baggage.
NUTTING, LEE
Rank and organization: Captain, Company C., 61st New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Todds Tavern, Va., 8 May 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Orange County, N.Y. Date of issue: 21 August
1893. Citation: Led the regiment in charge at a critical moment
under a murderous fire until he fell desperately wounded.
O'BEIRNE, JAMES R.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company C, 37th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Fair Oaks, Va., 31 May and 1 June 1862. Entered
service at: New York. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 20 January
1891. Citation: Gallantly maintained the line of battle until ordered
to fall back.
O'BRIEN, HENRY D.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 1st Minnesota Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service
at: St. Anthony Falls, Minn. Birth: Maine. Date of issue: 9 April
1890. Citation: Taking up the colors where they had fallen, he rushed
ahead of his regiment, close to the muzzles of the enemy's guns,
and engaged in the desperate struggle in which the enemy was defeated,
and though severely wounded, he held the colors until wounded a
second time.
O'BRIEN, OLIVER
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1839, Boston,
Mass. Accredited to. Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: Served as coxswain on board the U.S. Sloop John Adams,
Sullvan's Island Channel, 28 November 1864. Taking part in the boarding
of the blockade runner Beatrice while under heavy enemy fire from
Fort Moultrie, O'Brien, who was in charge of one of the boarding
launches, carried out his duties with prompt and energetic conduct.
This action resulted in the firing of the Beatrice and the capture
of a quantity of supplies from her.
O'BRIEN, PETER
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 1st New York (Lincoln)
Cavalry. Place and date: At Waynesboro, Va., 2 March 1865. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 26 March 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag and of a Confederate officer with his
horse and equipment.
O'CONNELL, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy. Born: 1842, Ireland.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
On board the flagship U.S.S. Hartford, during successful attacks
against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile
Bay on 5 August 1864. Although a patient in the sick bay, O'Connell
voluntarily reported at his station at the shell whip and continued
to perform his duties with zeal and courage until his right hand
was severed by an enemy shellburst.
O'CONNOR, ALBERT
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 7th Wisconsin Infantry.
Place and date: At Gravelly Run, Va., 31 March and 1 April 1865.
Entered service at: West Point Township, Columbia County, Wis. Birth:
Canada. Date of issue: Unknown. Citation: On 31 March 1865, with
a comrade, recaptured a Union officer from a detachment of 9 Confederates,
capturing 3 of the detachment and dispersing the remainder, and
on 1 April 1865, seized a stand of Confederate colors, killing a
Confederate officer in a hand_to_hand contest over the colors and
retaining the colors until surrounded by Confederates and compelled
to relinquish them.
O'CONNOR, TIMOTHY
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Unknown. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date
of issue: 5 January 1865. Citation: Date and place of act not of
record in War Department.
O'DEA, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 8th Missouri Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Clinton, DeWitt County, Ill. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
12 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer
storming party."
O'DONNELL, MENOMEN
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company A, 11th Missouri
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. At Fort
DeRussey, La., 14 March 1864. Entered service at: Illinois. Born:
30 April 1830, Ireland. Date of issue. 11 September 1897. Citation
Voluntarily joined the color guard in the assault on the enemy's
works when he saw indications of wavering and caused the colors
of his regiment to be planted on the parapet. Voluntarily placed
himself in the ranks of an assaulting column (being then on staff
duty) and rode with it Into the enemy's works, being the only mounted
officer present, was twice wounded in battle.
O'DONOGHUE, TIMOTHY
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy, Born: 1841, Rochester
N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Served as boatswain's mate on board the U.S.S. Signal, Red River,
5 May 1864. Proceeding up the Red River, the U.S.S. Signal engaged
a large force of enemy field batteries and sharpshooters, returning
the fire until the ship was totally disabled, at which time the
white flag was raised. Serving as gun captain, and wounded early
in the battle, O'Donoghue bravely stood by his gun in the face of
enemy fire until ordered to withdraw.
OLIVER, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company M, 100th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 25 March 1865. Entered
service at: Allegheny County, Pa. Birth: Allegheny County, Pa. Date
of issue. 3 July 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 31st Georgia
Infantry (C.S.A.).
OLIVER, PAUL A.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company D. 12th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Resaca, Ga. 15 May 1864 Entered service at: New
York, N.Y. Born: 18 July 1831, at sea in the English Channel aboard
American flagship. Date of issue. 12 October 1892. Citation: While
acting as aide assisted in preventing a disaster caused by Union
troops firing into each other.
O'NEILL, STEPHEN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 7th U S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 1 May 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: St. Johns, New Brunswick. Date of issue: 28 September
1891. Citation: Took up the colors from the hands of the color bearer
who had been shot down and bore them through the remainder of the
battle.
OPEL, JOHN N.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 7th Indiana Infantry.
Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 5 May 1864. Entered service
at: Decatur County, Ind. Birth: ------. Date of issue: 1 December
1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 50th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
ORBANSKY, DAVID
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 58th Ohio Infantry Place
and date: At Shiloh, Tenn.; Vicksburg, Miss., etc., 1862 and 1863.
Entered service at: Columbus, Ohio. Birth: Lautenburg, Prussia.
Date of issue: 2 August 1879. Citation. Gallantry in actions.
ORR, CHARLES A.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 187th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 27 October 1864. Entered service
at: Bennington, N.Y. Birth: Holland, N.Y. Date of issue: 1 April
1898. Citation: This soldier and two others, voluntarily and under
fire, rescued several wounded and helpless soldiers.
ORR, ROBERT L.
Rank and organization: Major, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry. Place
and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at:
Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 28 March 1836, Philadelphia, Pa. Date of
issue: 28 November 1892. Citation: Carried the colors at the head
of the column in the assault after two color bearers had been shot
down.
ORTEGA, JOHN
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840, Spain. Accredited
to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served
as seaman on board the U.S.S. Saratoga during actions of that vessel
on 2 occasions. Carrying out his duties courageously during these
actions, Ortega conducted himself gallantly through both periods.
Promoted to acting master's mate.
ORTH, JACOB G.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 28th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 15 January 1867.
Citation: Capture of flag of 7th South Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.),
in hand_to_hand encounter, although he was wounded in the shoulder.
OSBORNE, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 29th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Malvern Hill, Va., 1 July 1862. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Scituate, Mass. Date of issue: 1 April 1898. Citation:
Although wounded and carried to the rear, he secured a rifle and
voluntarily returned to the front, where, failing to find his own
regiment, he joined another and fought with it until again severely
wounded and taken prisoner.
OSS, ALBERT
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 11th New Jersey Infantry.
Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service
at: Newark, N.J. Birth: Belgium. Date of issue: 6 May 1892. Citation:
Remained in the rifle pits after the others had retreated, firing
constantly, and contesting the ground step by step.
OVERTURF, JACOB H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 83d Indiana Infantry.
Place and date: at Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Holton, Ind. Birth: Jefferson County, Ind. Date of issue: 13
August 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer
storming party."
OVIATT, MILES M.
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1841,
Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45,
31 December 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during
action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee
in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship
and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked the deck,
Cpl. Oviatt fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the
furious 2_hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel
ram Tennessee.
PACKARD, LORON F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 5th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Raccoon Ford, Va., 27 November 1863. Entered
service at. Cuba, N.Y. Birth. Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Date of issue.
20 August 1894. Citation. After his command had retreated, this
soldier, voluntarily and alone, returned to the assistance of a
comrade and rescued him from the hands of 3 armed Confederates.
PALMER, GEORGE H.
Rank and organization: Musician, 1st Illinois Cavalry. Place and
date. At Lexington, Mo., 20 September 1861. Entered service at:
Illinois. Birth: New York. Date of issue. 10 March 1896. Citation:
Volunteered to fight in the trenches and also led a charge which
resulted in the recapture of a Union hospital, together with Confederate
sharpshooters then occupying the same.
PALMER, JOHN G.
Rank and organization. Corporal, Company F, 21st Connecticut Infantry.
Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862. Entered
service at: Montville, Conn. Birth. Montville, Conn. Date of issue.
30 October 1896. Citation: First of 6 men who volunteered to assist
gunner of a battery upon which the enemy was concentrating its fire,
and fought with the battery until the close of the engagement. His
commanding officer felt he would never see this man alive again.
PALMER, WILLIAM J.
Rank and organization. Colonel, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Place
and date: At Red Hill, Ala., 14 January 1865. Entered service at.
Philadelphia, Pa. Born. 16 September 1836, Leipsic, Kent County,
Del. Date of issue. 24 February 1894. Citation: With less than 200
men, attacked and defeated a superior force of the enemy, capturing
their fieldpiece and about 100 prisoners without losing a man.
PARKER, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 2d Rhode Island Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865, at Sailors Creek,
Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Providence, R.I. Birth. England.
Date of issue: 29 May 1867. Citation. Planted the first color on
the enemy's works. Carried the regimental colors over the creek
after the regiment had broken and been repulsed.
PARKER, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Captain of the Afterguard, U.S. Navy. Birth:
Boston, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April
1863. Citation: At the wheel on board the U.S.S. Cayuga during the
capture of Forts St. Philip and Jackson, and New Orleans, 24 and
25 April 1862. As his ship led the advance column toward the barrier
and both forts opened fire simultaneously, striking the vessel from
stem to stern, Parker conscientiously performed his duties throughout
the action in which attempts by 3 rebel steamers to butt and board
were thwarted, and the ships driven off. Eleven gunboats were successfully
engaged and the enemy garrisons forced to surrender during this
battle in which the Cayuga sustained 46 hits.
PARKS, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy. Born:
1823, Schenectady, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31
December 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Richmond during action
against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile
Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several
men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Parks performed his
duties with skill and courage throughout a furious 2_hour battle
which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in
the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
PARKS, HENRY JEREMIAH
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 9th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service
at: Orangeville, N.Y. Born: 24 February 1848, Orangeville, N.Y.
Date of issue: 26 October 1864. Citation: While alone and in advance
of his unit and attempting to cut off the retreat of a supply wagon,
he fought and sent to flight a Confederate color bearer. After capturing
the color bearer and leaving him in the rear, he returned to the
front and captured 3 more wagons and drivers.
PARKS, JAMES W.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 11th Missouri Infantry.
Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service
at: Xenia, Clay County, Ill. Birth: Lawrence County, Ohio. Date
of issue: 24 February 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
PARROTT, JACOB (1st to receive Medal of Honor)
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 33d Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Hardin County,
Ohio. Birth: 17 July 1843, Fairfield County, Ohio. Date of issue:
25 March 1863. Citation: One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians)
who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell) penetrated nearly
200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train
at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and tracks
between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
PARSONS, JOEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 4th West Virginia Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Mason City, W. Va. Birth: ------. Date of issue: 16 August 1894
Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
PATTERSON, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 11th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Wilderness, Va., 5 May 1864. Entered service at: New
York. Birth: New York. Date of issue: 23 July 1897. Citation: Under
the heavy fire of the advancing enemy, picked up and carried several
hundred yards to a place of safety a wounded officer of his regiment
who was helpless and would otherwise have been burned in the forest.
PATTERSON, JOHN T.
Rank and organization: Principal Musician, 122d Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 14 June 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Morgan County, Ohio. Date of issue: 13 May 1899
Citation: With one companion, voluntarily went in front of the Union
line, under a heavy fire from the enemy, and carried back a helpless
wounded comrade, thus saving him from death or capture.
PAUL, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 3 November 1896.
Citation: Under a most withering and concentrated fire, voluntarily
picked up the colors of his regiment, when the bearer and 2 of the
color guard had been killed, and bore them aloft throughout the
entire battle.
PAY, BYRON E.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 2d Minnesota Infantry.
Place and date: At Nolensville, Tenn., 15 February 1863. Entered
service at: Mankato, Minn. Born: 21 October 1844, LeRoy Township,
Jefferson County, N.Y. Date of issue: 11 September 1897. Citation:
Was one of a detachment of 16 men who heroically defended a wagon
train against the attack of 125 cavalry, repulsed the attack and
saved the train.
PAYNE, IRVIN C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company M, 2d New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Wayne County, Pa. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation:
Capture of Virginia State colors.
PAYNE, THOMAS H. L.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company E, 37th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered
service at: Mendota, La Salle County, Ill. Born: 5 October 1840,
Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 1 April 1898. Citation: While acting
regimental quartermaster, learning of an expected assault, requested
assignment to a company that had no commissioned officers present;
was so assigned, and was one of the first to lead his men into the
enemy's works.
PEARSALL, PLATT
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 30th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Meigs County, Ohio. Date of issue: 14 August
1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming
party."
PEARSON, ALFRED L.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 155th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place
and date: At Lewis' Farm, Va., 29 March 1865. Entered service at:
Pittsburgh, Pa. Birth: Pittsburgh, Pa. Date of issue: 17 September
1897. Citation: Seeing a brigade forced back by the enemy, he seized
his regimental color, called on his men to follow him, and advanced
upon the enemy under a severe fire. The whole brigade took up the
advance, the lost ground was regained, and the enemy was repulsed.
PEASE, JOACHIM
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: Long Island, N.Y.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Served as seaman on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge when she destroyed
the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864. Acting as loader
on the No. 2 gun during this bitter engagement, Pease exhibited
marked coolness and good conduct and was highly recommended by the
divisional officer for gallantry under fire.
PECK, CASSIUS
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters.
Place and date: Near Blackburn's Ford, Va., 19 September 1862. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Brookfield, Vt. Date of issue: 12 October
1892. Citation: Took command of such soldiers as he could get and
attacked and captured a Confederate battery of 4 guns. Also, while
on a reconnaissance, overtook and captured a Confederate soldier.
PECK, OSCAR E.
Rank and organization: Second Class Boy, U.S. Navy. Born: 1848,
Bridgeport, Conn. Accredited to: Connecticut. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April
1863. Citation: Peck served as second_class boy on board the Varuna
during an attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, 24 April 1862.
Acting as powder boy of the after rifle, Peck served gallantly while
the Varuna was repeatedly attacked and rammed and finally sunk.
This was an extremely close_range action and, although badly damaged,
the Varuna delivered shells abaft the Morgan's armor.
PECK, THEODORE S.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company H, 9th Vermont
Infantry. Place and date: At Newport Barracks, N.C., 2 February
1864. Entered service at: Burlington, Vt. Birth: Burlington, Vt.
Date of issue: 8 September 1891. Citation: By long and persistent
resistance and burning the bridges, kept a superior force of the
enemy at bay and covered the retreat of the garrison.
PEIRSOL, JAMES K.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 13th Ohio Cavalry.
Place and date: At Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Beaver County, Pa. Date of issue: 3 May
1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
PELHAM, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: Halifax, Nova
Scotia. Enlisted in: Nova Scotia. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: On board the flagship U.S.S. Hartford during successful
actions against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee
in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. When the other members of his guncrew
were killed or wounded under the enemy's terrific shellfire, Pelham
calmly assisted the casualties below and voluntarily returned and
took his place at an adjoining gun where another man had been struck
down. He continued to fight his gun throughout the remainder of
the battle which resulted in the capture of the Tennessee.
PENNYPACKER, GALUSHA
Rank and organization: Colonel, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place
and date: At Fort Fisher, N.C., 15 January 1865. Entered service
at: West Chester, Pa. Born: 1 June 1844, Valley Forge, Pa. Date
of issue: 17 August 1891. Citation: Gallantly led the charge over
a traverse and planted the colors of one of his regiments thereon,
was severely wounded.
PENTZER, PATRICK H.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company C, 97th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service
at: Gillespie, Macoupin County, Ill. Birth: Marion County, Mo. Date
of issue: 9 October 1 879. Citation: Among the first to enter the
enemy's entrenchments, he received the surrender of a Confederate
general officer and his headquarters flag.
PERRY, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1836
New York. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: Served as boatswain's mate on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge
when she destroyed the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864.
Acting as captain of the No. 2 gun during this bitter engagement,
Perry exhibited marked coolness and good conduct under the enemy
fire and was recommended for gallantry by his divisional officer.
PESCH, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Battery A, 1st Missouri Light Artillery.
Place and date: At Grand Gulf, Miss., 28_29 April 1863. Entered
service at: St. Louis, Mo. Birth: Prussia. Date of issue: 10 March
1896. Citation: With 2 comrades voluntarily took position on board
the steamer Cheeseman, in charge of all the guns and ammunition
of the battery, and remained in charge of the same, although the
steamer became unmanageable and was exposed for some time to a heavy
fire from the enemy.
PETERS, HENRY C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 3 May 1863. Entered service
at: Adrian, Mich. Born: 29 February 1840, Monroe County, Mich. Date
of issue: 5 April 1917. Citation: Was one of a party that volunteered
and attempted to run the enemy's batteries with a steam tug and
2 barges loaded with subsistence stores.
PETERSON, ALFRED
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1838, Sweden. Accredited
to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: On board the
U.S.S. Commodore Perry in the attack upon Franklin, Va., 3 October
1862. With enemy fire raking the deck of his ship and blockades
thwarting her progress, Peterson remained at his post and performed
his duties with skill and courage as the Commodore Perry fought
a gallant battle to silence many rebel batteries as she steamed
down the Blackwater River.
PETTY, PHILIP
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 136th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862.
Entered service at: Tioga County, Pa. Born: 7 May 1840, England.
Date of issue: 21 August 1893. Citation: Took up the colors as they
fell out of the hands of the wounded color bearer and carried them
forward in the charge.
PHELPS, CHARLES E.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 7th Maryland Infantry. Place and
date: At Laurel Hill, Va., 8 May 1864. Entered service at: Baltimore,
Md. Born: 1 May 1833, Guilford, Vt. Date of issue: 30 March 1898.
Citation: Rode to the head of the assaulting column, then much broken
by severe losses and faltering under the close fire of artillery,
placed himself conspicuously in front of the troops, and gallantly
rallied and led them to within a few feet of the enemy's works,
where he was severely wounded and captured.
PHILLIPS, JOSIAH
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 148th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Sutherland Station, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered
service at: Ulysses, Pa. Birth: Wyoming County, N.Y. Date of issue:
10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
PHINNEY, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1824,
Norway. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Lackawanna during successful attacks
against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram, Tennessee in Mobile
Bay, 5 August 1864. Serving as a gun captain Phinney showed much
presence of mind in managing the gun, and gave much needed encouragement
to the crew during the engagement which resulted in the capture
of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction
of Fort Morgan.
PHISTERER, FREDERICK
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 18th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Stone River, Tenn., 31 December 1862. Entered service
at: Medina County, Ohio. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 12 December
1894. Citation: Voluntarily conveyed, under a heavy fire, information
to the commander of a battalion of regular troops by which the battalion
was saved from capture or annihilation.
PICKLE, ALONZO H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 1st Battalion Minnesota
Infantry. Place and date: At Deep Bottom, Va., 14 August 1864. Entered
service at: Dover, Minn. Birth: Canada. Date of issue: 12 June 1895.
Citation: At the risk of his life, voluntarily went to the assistance
of a wounded officer Iying close to the enemy's lines and, under
fire carried him to a place of safety.
PIKE, EDWARD M.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company A, 33d Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Cache River, Ark., 7 July 1862. Entered
service at: Bloomington, Ill. Birth: Casce, Maine. Date of issue:
29 March 1899. Citation: While the troops were falling back before
a superior force, this soldier, assisted by one companion, and while
under severe fire at close range, saved a cannon from capture by
the enemy.
PINGREE, SAMUEL E.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company F, 3d Vermont Infantry
Place and date: Lees Mills, Va., 16 April 1862. Entered service
at. Hartford, Vt. Birth: Salisbury, N.H. Date of issue: 17 August
1891. Citation: Gallantly led his company across a wide, deep creek,
drove the enemy from the rifle pits, which were within 2 yards of
the farther bank, and remained at the head of his men until a second
time severely wounded.
PINKHAM, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 57th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Fort Stedman, Va., 25 March 1865. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Grafton, Mass. Date of issue: 15 April 1895.
Citation: Captured the flag of the 57th North Carolina Infantry
(C.S.A.) and saved his own colors by tearing them from the staff
while the enemy was in the camp.
PINN, ROBERT
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company I, 5th U.S. Colored
Troops. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864.
Entered service at: Massillon, Ohio. Born: 1 March 1843, Stark County,
Ohio. Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Took command of his
company after all the officers had been killed or wounded and gallantly
led it in battle.
PIPES, JAMES
Rank and organization: Captain, Company A, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863; At Reams Station,
Va., 25 August 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Green County,
Pa. Date of issue: 5 April 1898. Citation: While a sergeant and
retiring with his company before the rapid advance of the enemy
at Gettysburg, he and a companion stopped and carried to a place
of safety a wounded and helpless comrade; in this act both he and
his companion were severely wounded. A year later, at Reams Station,
Va., while commanding a skirmish line, voluntarily assisted in checking
a flank movement of the enemy, and while so doing was severely wounded,
suffering the loss of an arm.
PITMAN, GEORGE J.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 1st New York (Lincoln)
Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered
service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Recklestown N.J. Date of issue:
3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of the Sumter Heavy Artillery
(C.S.A.).
PITTINGER, WILLIAM (5th to receive Medal of Honor)
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 2d Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Jefferson County,
Ohio. Born: 31 January 1840, Knoxville, Jefferson County, Ohio.
Date of issue: 25 March 1863. Citation: One of the 19 of 22 men
(including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell),
penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured
a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the
bridges and tract between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
PLANT, HENRY E.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 14th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Bentonville, N.C., 19 March 1865. Entered service
at: Cockery, Mich. Birth: Oswego County, N.Y. Date of issue: 27
April 1896. Citation: Rushed into the midst of the enemy and rescued
the colors, the color bearer having fallen mortally wounded.
PLATT, GEORGE C.
Rank and organization: Private, Troop H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Fairfield, Pa., 3 July 63. Entered service at: -----.
Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 12 July 1895. Citation: Seized the
regimental flag upon the death of the standard bearer in a hand_to_hand
fight and prevented it from falling into the hands of the enemy.
PLIMLEY, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company F, 120th New York
Infantry. Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered
service at: Catskill, N.Y. Birth. Catskill, N.Y. Date of issue:
4 April 1898. Citation: While acting as aide to a general officer,
voluntarily accompanied a regiment in an assault on the enemy's
works and acted as leader of the movement which resulted in the
rout of the enemy and the capture of a large number of prisoners.
PLOWMAN, GEORGE H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 3d Maryland Infantry. Place
and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service at:------.
Birth: England. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Recaptured
the colors of the 2d Pennsylvania Provisional Artillery.
PLUNKETT, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 21st Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date. At Fredericksburg, Va., 11 December 1862.
Entered service at: West Boylston, Mass. Birth: Ireland. Date of
issue: 30 March 1866. Citation: Seized the colors of his regiment,
the color bearer having been shot down, and bore them to the front
where both his arms were carried off by a shell.
POND, GEORGE F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 3d Wisconsin Cavalry.
Place and date: At Drywood, Kans., 15 May 1864. Entered service
at. Fairwater, Fond du Lac County, Wis. Birth: Lake County, Ill.
Date of Issue: 16 May 1899. Citation: With 2 companions, attacked
a greatly superior force of guerrillas, routed them, and rescued
several prisoners.
POND, JAMES B.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company C, 3d Wisconsin
Cavalry. Place and date: At Baxter Springs, Kans., 6 October 1863.
Entered service at: Janesville, Rock County, Wis. Birth: Allegany,
N.Y. Date of issue: 30 March 1898. Citation: While in command of
2 companies of Cavalry, was surprised and attacked by several times
his own number of guerrillas, but gallantly rallied his men, and
after a severe struggle drove the enemy outside the fortifications.
1st Lt. Pond then went outside the works and, alone and unaided,
fired a howitzer 3 times, throwing the enemy into confusion and
causing him to retire.
POOLE, WILLIAM B.
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833 Maine.
Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Service as quartermaster on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge when she
destroyed the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864. Stationed
at the helm, Poole steered the ship during the engagement in a cool
and most creditable manner and was highly commended by his divisional
officer for his gallantry under fire.
PORTER, AMBROSE
Rank and organization: Commissary Sergeant, Company D, 12th Missouri
Cavalry. Place and date: At Tallahatchie River, Miss., 7 August
1864. Entered service at: Rockport, Atchison County, Mo. Birth:
Allegany County, Md. Date of issue: 24 August 1905. Citation: Was
1 of 4 volunteers who swam the river under a brisk fire of the enemy's
sharpshooters and brought over a ferry boat by means of which the
troops crossed and dislodged the enemy from a strong position.
PORTER, HORACE
Rank and organization: Captain, Ordnance Department, U.S. Army.
Place and date: At Chickamauga, Ga., 20 September 1863. Entered
service at: Harrisburgh, Pa. Born: 15 April 1837, Huntington, Pa.
Date of issue: 8 July 1902. Citation: While acting as a volunteer
aide, at a critical moment when the lines were broken, rallied enough
fugitives to hold the ground under heavy fire long enough to effect
the escape of wagon trains and batteries.
PORTER, JOHN R.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 2 1st Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Findley,
Ohio. Born: 14 November 1838, Delaware County, Ohio. Date of issue:
September 1863. Citation: One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians)
who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly
200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train
at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track
between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
PORTER, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 1st New Jersey Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at:------. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 3 July 1865. Citation:
Among the first to check the enemy's countercharge.
POST, PHILIP SIDNEY
Rank and organization: Colonel, 59th Illinois Infantry. Place and
date: At Nashville, Tenn., 15_16 December 1864. Entered service
at: Galesburg, Ill. Born: 19 March 1833, Flordia, Orange County,
N.Y. Date of issue: 18 March 1893. Citation: Led his brigade in
an attack upon a strong position under a terrific fire of grape,
canister, and musketry; was struck down by a grapeshot after he
had reached the enemy's works.
POSTLES, JAMES PARKE
Rank and organization: Captain, Company A, 1st Delaware Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service
at: Wilmington, Del. Born: 28 September 1840, Camden, Del. Date
of issue: 22 July 1892. Citation: Voluntarily delivered an order
in the face of heavy fire of the enemy.
POTTER, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st Rhode Island Light
Artillery. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered
service at: Coventry, R.I. Birth: Coventry, R.I. Date of issue:
4 March 1886. Citation: Was one of a detachment of 20 picked artillerymen
who voluntarily accompanied an infantry assaulting party, and who
turned upon the enemy the guns captured in the assault.
POTTER, NORMAN F.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company E, 149th New York
Infantry. Place and date: At Lookout Mountain, Tenn., 24 November
1863. Entered service at: Pompey, N.Y. Birth: Pompey, N.Y. Date
of issue: 24 June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag (Bragg's army).
POWELL, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Major, 2d West Virginia Cavalry. Place and
date: At Sinking Creek Valley, Va., 26 November 1862. Entered service
at: Ironton, Ohio. Birth: England. Date of issue: 22 July 1890.
Citation: Distinguished services in raid, where with 20 men, he
charged and captured the enemy's camp, 500 strong, without the loss
of man or gun.
POWER, ALBERT
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 3d Iowa Cavalry. Place
and date: At Pea Ridge, Ark., 7 March 1862. Entered service at:
Davis County, Iowa. Birth: Guernsey County, Ohio. Date of issue:
6 March 1899. Citation: Under a heavy fire and at great personal
risk went to the aid of a dismounted comrade who was surrounded
by the enemy, took him up on his own horse, and carried him to a
place of safety.
POWERS, WESLEY J.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 147th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Oostanaula, Ga., 3 April 1865. Entered service
at: Virgil, Ill. Birth: Canada. Date of issue: 24 October 1895.
Citation: Voluntarily swam the river under heavy fire and secured
a ferryboat, by means of which the command crossed.
PRANCE, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Captain of the Main Top, U.S. Navy. Born:
1827, France. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June
1865. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Ticonderoga during attacks on
Fort Fisher, 24 and 25 December 1864; and 13 to 15 January 1865.
Despite heavy return fire by the enemy and the explosion of the
100-pounder Parrott rifle which killed 8 men and wounded 12 more,
Prance as captain of a gun, performed his duties with skill and
courage during the first 2 days of battle. As his ship again took
position on the line on the 13th, he remained steadfast as the Ticonderoga
maintained a well_placed fire upon the batteries on shore, and thereafter
as she materially lessened the power of guns on the mound which
had been turned upon our assaulting columns. During this action
the flag was planted on one of the strongest fortifications possessed
by the rebels.
PRENTICE, JOSEPH R.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 19th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Stone River, Tenn., 31 December 1862. Entered
service at: ------. Born: 6 December 1838, Lancaster, Ohio. Date
of issue: 3 February 1894. Citation: Voluntarily rescued the body
of his commanding officer, who had fallen mortally wounded. He brought
off the field his mortally wounded leader under direct and constant
rifle fire.
PRESTON, JOHN
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1841, Ireland.
Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Served on board the U.S.S. Oneida in the engagement at Mobile Bay,
5 August 1864. Severely wounded, Preston remained at his gun throughout
the engagement which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee
and the damaging of Fort Morgan, carrying on until obliged to go
to the surgeon to whom he reported himself as "only slightly injured."
He then assisted in taking care of the wounded below and wanted
to be allowed to return to his battle station on deck. Upon close
examination it was found that he was wounded quite severely in both
eyes.
PRESTON, NOBLE D.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant and Commissary, 10th New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Trevilian Station, Va., 11 June
1864. Entered service at: Fulton, N.Y. Birth: ------. Date of issue:
22 November 1889. Citation: Voluntarily led a charge in which he
was severely wounded.
PRICE, EDWARD
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840, New York.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during successful attacks against Fort
Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August
1864. When the sponge broke, leaving the head in the gun, and completely
disabling the weapon, Price immediately cleared it by pouring powder
into the vent and blowing the sponge head out, thereafter continuing
to man the weapon until the close of the furious action which resulted
in the capture of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the infliction
of damage and destruction on Fort Morgan.
PROVINCE, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1842,
New York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865.
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Santiago de Cuba during the assault
on Fort Fisher on 15 January 1865. As one of a boat crew detailed
to one of the generals on shore, Province bravely entered the fort
in the assault and accompanied his party in carrying dispatches
at the height of the battle. He was 1 of 6 men who entered the fort
in the assault from the fleet.
PURCELL, HIRAM W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 104th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Fair Oaks, Va., 31 May 1862. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Bucks County, Pa. Date of issue: 12 May
1894. Citation: While carrying the regimental colors on the retreat
he returned to face the advancing enemy, flag in hand, and saved
the other color, which would otherwise have been captured.
PURMAN, JAMES J.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company A, 140th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered
service at: Greene County, Pa. Birth: ------. Dare of issue: 30
October 1896. Citation: Voluntarily assisted a wounded comrade to
a place of apparent safety while the enemy were in close proximity;
he received the fire of the enemy and a wound which resulted in
the amputation of his left leg.
PUTNAM, EDGAR P.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 9th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Crumps Creek, Va., 27 May 1864. Entered service
at: Stockton, N.Y. Birth: Stockton, N.Y. Date of issue: 13 May 1892.
Citation: With a small force on a reconnaissance drove off a strong
body of the enemy, charged into another force of the enemy's cavalry
and stampeded them, taking 27 prisoners.
PUTNAM, WINTHROP D.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 77th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Peoria, Ill. Birth: Southbridge, Mass. Date of issue: 4 April
1898. Citation: Carried, with others, by hand, a cannon up to and
fired it through an embrasure of the enemy's works.
PYNE, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1841, England.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: As
seaman on board the U.S.S. Magnolia, St. Marks, Fla., 5 and 6 March
1865. Serving with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during the
attack on St. Marks and throughout this fierce engagement, Pyne,
although wounded, made remarkable efforts in assisting transport
of the gun, and his coolness and determination in courageously standing
by his gun while under the fire of the enemy were a credit to the
service to which he belonged.
QUAY, MATTHEW S.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 134th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place
and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862. Entered service
at: Beaver County, Pa. Born: 30 September 1833, Dilkburg, Pa. Date
of issue: 9 July 1888. Citation: Although out of service, he voluntarily
resumed duty on the eve of battle and took a conspicuous part in
the charge on the heights.
QUINLAN, JAMES
Rank and organization: Major, 88th New York Infantry. Place and
date: At Savage Station, Va., 29 June 1862. Entered service at:
New York, N.Y. Born: 13 September 1833, Ireland. Date of issue:
18 February 1891. Citation: Led his regiment on the enemy's battery,
silenced the guns, held the position against overwhelming numbers,
and covered the retreat of the 2d Army Corps.
RAFFERTY, PETER
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 69th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Malvern Hill, Va., 1 July 1862. Entered service
at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 2 August 1897.
Citation: Having been wounded and directed to the rear, declined
to go, but continued in action, receiving several additional wounds,
which resulted in his capture by the enemy and his total disability
for military service.
RAMSBOTTOM, ALFRED
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company K, 97th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Delaware County, Ohio. Date of issue: 24 February
1865. Citation: Captured the flag of the 2d Mississippi Infantry
(C.S.A.), in a hand_to_hand fight with the color bearer.
RAND, CHARLES F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 12th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Blackburns Ford, Va., 18 July 1861. Entered service
at: Batavia, N.Y. Birth: Batavia, N.Y. Date of issue: 23 October
1897. Citation: Remained in action when a part of his regiment broke
in disorder, joined another company, and fought with it through
the remainder of the engagement.
RANNAHAN. JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1836,
County of Monahan, Ireland. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.:
59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Minnesota in the
assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. Landing on the beach with
the assaulting party from his ship, Cpl. Rannahan advanced to the
top of the sandhill and partly through the breach in the palisades
despite enemy fire which killed or wounded many officers and men.
When more than two_thirds of the men became seized with panic and
retreated on the run, he remained with the party until dark when
it came safely away, bringing its wounded, its arms and its colors.
RANNEY, GEORGE E.
Rank and organization: Assistant Surgeon, 2d Michigan Cavalry.
Place and date: At Resaca, Ga., 14 May 1864. Entered service at:
Detroit, Mich. Born: 13 June 1839, Batavia, N.Y. Date of issue:
24 April 1901. Citation: At great personal risk, went to the aid
of a wounded soldier, Pvt. Charles W. Baker, lying under heavy fire
between the lines, and with the aid of an orderly carried him to
a place of safety.
RANNEY, MYRON H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 13th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Bull Run, Va., 30 August 1862. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Franklinville, N.Y. Date of issue: 23 March 1895.
Citation: Picked up the colors and carried them off the field after
the color bearer had been shot down; was himself wounded.
RATCLIFF, EDWARD
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company C, 38th U.S. Colored
Troops. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864.
Entered service at: ------. Birth: James County, Va. Date of issue:
6 April 1865. Citation. Commanded and gallantly led his company
after the commanding officer had been killed; was the first enlisted
man to enter the enemy's works.
RAUB, JACOB F.
Rank and organization: Assistant Surgeon, 210th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 5 February 1865. Entered service
at: Weaversville, Pa. Born: 13 May 1840, Raubsville Northhampton
County, Pa. Date of issue: 20 April 1896. Citation. Discovering
a flank movement by the enemy, appraised the commanding general
at great peril, and though a noncombatant voluntarily participated
with the troops in repelling this attack.
RAYMOND, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 108th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service
at: Penfield, N.Y. Birth: Penfield, N.Y. Date of issue: 10 March
1896 Citation: Voluntarily and under a severe fire brought a box
of ammunition to his comrades on the skirmish line.
READ, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840 Cambridge,
N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No. 59, 22 June 1865. Citation:
As seaman on board the U.S.S. Magnolia, St. Marks, Fla., 5 and 6
March 1865. Serving with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during
the attack on St. Marks and throughout this fierce engagement, Read
made remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun, and his
coolness and determination in courageously standing by his gun while
under the fire of the enemy were a credit to the service to which
he belonged.
READ, CHARLES A.
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1837, Sweden
Accredited to: Ohio. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served
as coxswain on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge when she destroyed the
Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864. Acting as the first
sponger of the pivot gun during this bitter engagement, Read exhibited
marked coolness and good conduct and was highly recommended for
his gallantry under fire by his divisional officer.
READ, GEORGE E.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1838, Rhode Island.
Accredited to: Rhode Island. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864 Citation:
Served as seaman on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge when she destroyed
the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864. Acting as the first
loader of the No. 2 gun during this bitter engagement, Read exhibited
marked coolness and good conduct and was highly recommended for
his gallantry under fire by his divisional officer.
READ, MORTON A.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company D, 8th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Appomattox Station, Va., 8 April 1865. Entered
service at: Brockport, N.Y. Birth: Brockport, N.Y. Date of issue:
3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 1st Texas Infantry (C.S.A.).
REBMANN, GEORGE F.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 119th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service
at: Browning, Schuyler County, Ill. Birth: Schuyler County, Ill.
Date of issue: 8 June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
REDDICK, WILLIAM H. (6th to receive Medal of Honor)
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 33d Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Ohio. Birth:
Alabama. Date of issue: 25 March 1863. Citation: One of the 19 of
22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell
(or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory
and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt
to destroy the bridges and tracks between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
REED, AXEL H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 2d Minnesota Infantry.
Place and date: At Chickamauga, Ga., 19 September 1863; At Missionary
Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered service at: Glencoe, Minn.
Birth: Maine. Date of issue: 2 April 1898. Citation: While in arrest
at Chickamauga, Ga., left his place in the rear and voluntarily
went to the line of battle, secured a rifle, and fought gallantly
during the 2_day battle; was released from arrest in recognition
of his bravery. At Missionary Ridge commanded his company and gallantly
led it, being among the first to enter the enemy's works; was severely
wounded, losing an arm, but declined a discharge and remained in
active service to the end of the war.
REED, CHARLES W.
Rank and organization: Bugler, 9th Independent Battery, Massachusetts
Light Artillery. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863.
Entered service at: ------. Birth: Charlestown, Mass. Date of issue:
16 August 1895. Citation: Rescued his wounded captain from between
the lines.
REED, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 11th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Weldon Railroad, Va., 21 August 1864. Entered
service at: Johnstown, Pa. Birth: Cambria County, Pa. Dale of issue:
6 September 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 24th North Carolina
Volunteers (C.S.A.).
REED, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 8th Missouri Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Pekin, Tazwell County, Ill. Birth: Union County, Pa. Date of
issue: 12 December 1895. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the
"volunteer storming party."
REEDER, CHARLES A.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 12th West Virginia Infantry.
Place and date: At Battery Gregg, near Petersburg, Va., 2 April
1865. Entered service at:------. Birth: Harrison, W. Va. Date of
issue: 3 April 1867. Citation: Capture of flag.
REGAN, JEREMIAH
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1832 Boston,
Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863.
Citation: As captain of No. 2 gun on board the U.S.S. Galena in
the attack upon Drewy's Bluff, 15 May 1862. With his ship severely
damaged by the enemy's shellfire and several men killed and wounded
Regan, continued to man his gun throughout the engagement despite
the concentration of fire directed against men at their guns by
enemy sharpshooters in rifle pits along the banks.
REID, ROBERT
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service
at: Pottsville, Pa. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 1 December 1864.
Citation: Capture of flag of 44th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.).
REIGLE, DANIEL P.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service
at: Adams County, Pa. Birth: Adams County, Pa. Date of issue: 26
October 1864. Citation: For gallantry while rushing forward to capture
a Confederate flag at the stone fence where the enemy's last stand
was made.
REISINGER, J. MONROE
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 150th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered
service at: Meadville, Pa. Birth: Beaver County, Pa. Date of issue:
Unknown. Citation: Specially brave and meritorious conduct in the
face of the enemy. Awarded under Act of Congress, January 25, 1907.
RENNINGER, LOUIS
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 37th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Liverpool, Ohio. Date of issue: 15 August 1894.
Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
REYNOLDS, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Private, Company M, 9th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service
at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 27 September 1864.
Citation: Capture of Virginia State flag.
RHODES, JULIUS D.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 5th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Thoroughfare Gap, Va., 28 August 1862. At Bull
Run, Va., 30 August 1862. Entered service at: Springville, N.Y.
Birth: Monroe County, Mich. Date of issue: 9 March 1887. Citation:
After having had his horse shot under him in the fight at Thoroughfare
Gap, Va., he voluntarily joined the 105th New York Volunteers and
was conspicuous in the advance on the enemy's lines. Displayed gallantry
in the advance on the skirmish line at Bull Run, Va., where he was
wounded.
RHODES, SYLVESTER D.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Fishers Hill, Va., 22 September 1864. Entered
service at: Wilkes_Barre, Pa. Birth: Plains, Pa. Date of issue:
16 February 1897. Citation: Was on the skirmish line which drove
the enemy from the first entrenchment and was the first man to enter
the breastworks, capturing one of the guns and turning it upon the
enemy.
RICE, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840, Russia.
Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Agawam, as one of a volunteer crew of a powder
boat which was exploded near Fort Fisher, 23 December 1864. The
powder boat, towed in by the Wilderness to prevent detection by
the enemy, cast off and slowly steamed to within 300 yards of the
beach. After fuses and fires had been lit and a second anchor with
short scope let go to assure the boat's tailing inshore, the crew
again boarded the Wilderness and proceeded a distance of 12 miles
from shore. Less than 2 hours later the explosion took place, and
the following day, fires were observed still burning at the fort.
RICE, EDMUND
Rank and organization: Major, 19th Massachusetts Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Boston,
Mass. Birth: Brighton, Mass. Date of issue: 6 October 1891. Citation:
Conspicuous bravery on the third day of the battle on the countercharge
against Pickett's division where he fell severely wounded within
the enemy's lines.
RICH, CARLOS H.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company K, 4th Vermont Infantry.
Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 5 May 1864. Entered service
at: Northfield, Mass. Birth: Canada. Date of issue: 4 January 1895.
Citation: Saved the life of an officer.
RICHARDS, LOUIS
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1835, New
York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863.
Citation: Richards served as quartermaster on board the U.S.S. Pensacola
in the attack upon Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and at the taking
of New Orleans, 24 and 25 April 1862. Through all the din and roar
of battle, he steered the ship through the narrow opening of the
barricade, and his attention to orders contributed to the successful
passage of the ship without once fouling the shore or the obstacles
of the barricade.
RICHARDSON, WILLIAM R.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 2d Ohio Cavalry. Place
and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at:
Washington, Ohio. Birth: Cleveland, Ohio. Date of issue: 7 April
1866. Citation: Having been captured and taken to the rear, made
his escape rejoined the Union lines, and furnished information of
great importance as to the enemy's position and the approaches thereto.
RICHEY, WILLIAM E.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 15th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Chickamauga, Ga., 19 September 1863. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Athens County, Ohio. Date of issue: 9
November 1893. Citation: While on the extreme front, between the
lines of the combatants single_handed he captured a Confederate
major who was armed and mounted.
RICHMOND, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 8th Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Toledo
Ohio. Birth: Maine. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture
of flag.
RICKSECKER, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 104th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Springfield, Ohio. Date of issue: 3 February
1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 16th Alabama Artillery (C.S.A.).
RIDDELL, RUDOLPH
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company I, 61st New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at: Hamilton, N.Y. Birth: Hamilton, N.Y. Date of issue: 10 May 1865.
Citation: Captured the flag of the 6th Alabama Cavalry (C.S.A.).
RILEY, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 1st Louisiana Cavalry.
Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 4 April 1865. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 8 June 1865. Citation:
Captured the flag of the 6th Alabama Cavalry.
RINGOLD, EDWARD
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1827, Baltimore,
Md. Accredited to: Maryland. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation:
Served as coxswain on board the U.S.S. Wabash in the engagement
at Pocataligo, 22 October 1862. Soliciting permission to accompany
the howitzer corps, and performing his duty with such gallantry
and presence of mind as to attract the attention of all around him,
Ringold, knowing there was a scarcity of ammunition, went through
the whole line of fire with his shirt slung over his shoulder filled
with fixed ammunition which he had brought from 2 miles to the rear
of the lines.
RIPLEY, WILLIAM Y. W.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters.
Place and date: At Malvern Hill, Va., 1 July 1862. Entered service
at: Rutland, Vt. Birth:------. Date of issue: 11 March 1893. Citation:
At a critical moment brought up two regiments, which he led against
the enemy himself, being severely wounded.
ROANTREE, JAMES S.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1835,
Dublin, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December
1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Oneida during action against
rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay,
5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several
men on board as enemy fire raked her decks and penetrated her boilers,
Sgt. Roantree performed his duties with skill and courage throughout
the furious battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel
ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at
Fort Morgan.
ROBBINS, AUGUSTUS I.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company B, 2d Vermont
Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered
service at: Grafton, Vt. Birth: Grafton, Vt. Date of issue: 24 March
1892. Citation: While voluntarily serving as a staff officer successfully
withdrew a regiment across and around a severely exposed position
to the rest of the command; was severely wounded.
ROBERTS, JAMES
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1837, England.
Accredited to: Virginia. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Roberts served on board the U.S.S. Agawan, as one of a volunteer
crew of a powder boat which was exploded near Fort Fisher, 23 December
1864. The powder boat, towed in by the Wilderness to prevent detection
by the enemy, cast off and slowly steamed to within 300 yards of
the beach. After fuses and fires had been lit and a second anchor
with short scope let go to assure the boat's tailing inshore, the
crew again boarded the Wilderness and proceeded a distance of 12
miles from shore. Less than 2 hours later the explosion took place
and the following day fires were observed still burning at the fort.
ROBERTS, OTIS O.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 6th Maine Infantry.
Place and date: At Rappanhannock Station, Va., 7 November 1863.
Entered service at: Dexter, Maine. Birth: Sangerville, Maine. Date
of issue: 28 December 1863. Citation: Capture of flag of 8th Louisiana
Infantry (C.S.A.) in a hand_to_hand struggle with the color bearer.
ROBERTSON, ROBERT S.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company K, 93d New York
Infantry. Place and date: At Corbins Bridge, Va., 8 May 1864. Entered
service at: Argyle, N.Y. Birth: Argyle, N.Y. Date of issue: 2 August
1897. Citation: While acting as aide_de_camp to a general officer,
seeing a regiment break to the rear, he seized its colors, rode
with them to the front in the face of the advancing enemy, and rallied
the retreating regiment.
ROBERTSON, SAMUEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 33d Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Boarneville,
Ross County, Ohio. Birth: Muskingum County, Ohio. Date of issue:
September 1863. Citation: One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians)
who by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell) penetrated nearly 200
miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at
Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and tracks
between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
ROBIE, GEORGE F.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 7th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: Before Richmond, Va., September 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Candia, N.H. Date of issue: 12 June 1883. Citation:
Gallantry on the skirmish line.
ROBINSON, ALEXANDER
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1831,
England. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: Served as boatswain's mate on board the U.S.S. Howquah
on the occasion of the destruction of the blockade runner, Lynx,
off Wilmington, 25 September 1864. Performing his duty faithfully
under the most trying circumstances, Robinson stood firmly at his
post in the midst of a crossfire from the rebel shore batteries
and our own vessels.
ROBINSON, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1832
Scotland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation:
Serving on board the U.S.S. Baron de Kalb, Yazoo River Expedition,
23 to 27 December 1862. Proceeding under orders up the Yazoo River,
the U.S.S. Baron de Kalb, with the object of capturing or destroying
the enemy's transports, came upon the steamers John Walsh, R. J.
Locklan, Golden Age, and the Scotland sunk on a bar where they were
ordered fired. Continuing up the river, she was fired on by the
enemy, but upon returning the fire, caused the rebels to retreat.
Returning down the Yazoo, she destroyed and captured large quantities
of enemy equipment and several prisoners. Serving bravely throughout
this action, Robinson, as boatswain's mate, "d1stinguished himself
in the various actions."
ROBINSON, ELBRIDGE
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 122d Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 14 June 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Morgan County, Ohio. Date of issue: 5 April 1898.
Citation: With 1 companion, voluntarily went in front of the Union
line, under a heavy fire from the enemy, and carried back a helpless,
wounded comrade, thus saving him from death or capture.
ROBINSON, JAMES H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 3d Michigan Cavalry.
Place and date: At Brownsville, Ark., 27 January 1865. Entered service
at: Victor, Mich. Birth. Oakland County, Mich. Date of issue: 4
April 1865. Citation: Successfully defended himself, single-handed
against 7 guerrillas, killing the leader (Capt. W. C. Stephenson)
and driving off the remainder of the party.
ROBINSON, JOHN C.
Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers. Place
and date: At Laurel Hill, Va., 8 May 1864. Entered service at: Binghamton,
N.Y. Birth: Binghamton, N.Y. Date of issue: 28 March 1894. Citation:
Placed himself at the head of the leading brigade in a charge upon
the enemy's breastworks; was severely wounded.
ROBINSON, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 19th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service
at: Roxbury, Mass. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 1 December 1864.
Citation: Capture of flag of 57th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
ROBINSON, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 81st Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service
at: Tamaqua, Pa. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 1 December 1864.
Citation: Capture of flag in a hand_to_hand conflict.
ROCK, FREDERICK
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 37th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Cleveland, Ohio. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 10 August 1894.
Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
ROCKEFELLER, CHARLES M.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company A, 178th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service
at: New York. Birth: New York. Date of issue: 2 August 1897. Citation:
Voluntarily and alone, under a heavy fire, obtained valuable information
which a reconnoitering party of 25 men had previously attempted
and failed to obtain, suffering severe loss in the attempt The information
obtained by him was made the basis of the orders for the assault
that followed. He also advanced with a few followers, under the
fire of both sides, and captured 300 of the enemy who would otherwise
have escaped.
RODENBOUGH, THEOPHILUS F.
Rank and organization: Captain, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place and date:
At Trevlhan Station, Va., 11 June 1864. Entered service at: Pennsylvania.
Born: 5 November 1838, Easton, Pa. Date of issue: 21 September 1893.
Citation: Handled the regiment with great skill and valor, was severely
wounded.
ROHM, FERDINAND F.
Rank and organization: Chief Bugler, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and date. At Reams Station, Va., 25 August 1864. Entered service
at: Jumata County, Pa. Birth: Juniata County, Pa. Date of issue:
16 October 1897. Citation. While his regiment was retiring under
fire voluntarily remained behind to succor a wounded officer who
was in great danger, secured assistance, and removed the officer
to a place of safety.
ROOD, OLIVER P.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 20th Indiana Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service
at: Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind. Birth: Frankfort County, Ky.
Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 21st
North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.).
ROOSEVELT, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company K. 26th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Bull Run, Va., 30 August 1862. At Gettysburg,
Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Chester Pa. Birth: Chester,
Pa. Date of issue: 2 July 1887. Citation: At Bull Run, Va., recaptured
the colors, which had been seized by the enemy. At Gettysburg captured
a Confederate color bearer and color, in which effort he was severely
wounded.
ROSS, MARION A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 2d Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Champaign County, Ohio. Date of issue: September 1863. Citation:
Nineteen of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of
Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into
the enemy's territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty,
Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga
and Atlanta.
ROSSBACH, VALENTINE
Rank and organization: Sergeant, 34th New York Battery. Place and
date. At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 10 July 1896. Citation: Encouraged
his cannoneers to hold a very dangerous position, and when all depended
on several good shots it was from his piece that the most effective
were delivered, causing the enemy's fire to cease and thereby relieving
the critical position of the Federal troops.
ROUGHT, STEPHEN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 141st Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864. Entered
service at: Crampton, Pa. Birth: Bradford County, Pa. Date of issue:
1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 13th North Carolina
Infantry (C.S.A.).
ROUNDS, LEWIS A.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 8th Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at:
Huron County, Ohio. Birth: Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Date of issue:
1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
ROUNTRY, JOHN
Rank and organization: First Class Fireman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840,
Massachusetts. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June
1865. Citation: Served as first class fireman on board the U.S.S.
Montauk, 21 September 1864. During the night of 21 September when
fire was discovered in the magazine lightroom of that vessel, causing
a panic and demoralizing the crew, Rountry, notwithstanding the
cry of "fire in the magazine," forced his way with hose in hand,
through the frightened crowd to the lightroom and put out the flames.
ROUSH, J. LEVI
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Bedford County, Pa. Date of issue: 3 August 1897.
Citation: Was 1 of 6 volunteers who charged upon a log house near
the Devil's Den, where a squad of the enemy's sharpshooters were
sheltered, and compelled their surrender.
ROWAND, ARCHIBALD H., JR.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 1st West Virginia Cavalry.
Place and date: Winter of 1864_65. Entered service at: Pittsburgh,
Pa. Born: 6 March 1845, Philadelphia, Pa., Date of issue: 3 March
1873. Citation: Was 1 of 2 men who succeeded in getting through
the enemy's lines with dispatches to Gen. Grant.
ROWE, HENRY W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 11th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service
at: Candia, N.H. Born: April 1840, Candia, N.H. Date of issue: 1
December 1864. Citation: With 2 companions, he rushed and disarmed
27 enemy pickets, capturing a stand of flags.
RUNDLE, CHARLES W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 116th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Oakley, Macon County, Ill. Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio. Date of
issue. 26 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer
storming party."
RUSH, JOHN
Rank and organization: First Class Fireman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1835
Washington, D.C. Accredited to: District of Columbia. G.O. No.:
17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Richmond
in the attack on Port Hudson, 14 March 1863. Damaged by a 6_inch
solid rifle shot which shattered the starboard safety_valve chamber
and also damaged the port safety valve, the fireroom of the Richmond
immediately became filled with steam to place it in an extremely
critical condition. Acting courageously in this crisis, Rush persisted
in penetrating the steam_filled room in order to haul the hot fires
of the furnaces, and continued this action until the gravity of
the situation had been lessened.
RUSSELL, CHARLES L.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 93d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service
at: Malone, N.Y. Birth: Malone, N.Y. Date of issue: 1 December 1864.
Citation: Capture of flag of 42d Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
RUSSELL, MILTON
Rank and organization: Captain, Company A, 51st Indiana Infantry.
Place and date: At Stone River, Tenn., 29 December 1862. Entered
service at: North Salem, Ind. Birth: Hendricks County, Ind. Date
of issue: 28 September 1897. Citation: Was the first man to cross
Stone River and, in the face of a galling fire from the concealed
skirmishers of the enemy, led his men up the hillside, driving the
opposing skirmishers before them.
RUTHERFORD, JOHN T.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company L, 9th New York
Cavalry. Place and date: At Yellow Tavern, Va., 11 May 1864; At
Hanovertown, Va., 27 May 1864. Entered service at: Canton, N.Y.
Birth:------. Date of issue: 22 March 1892. Citation: Made a successful
charge at Yellow Tavern, Va., 11 May 1864, by which 90 prisoners
were captured. On 27 May 1864, in a gallant dash on a superior force
of the enemy and in a personal encounter, captured his opponent.
RUTTER, JAMES M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 143d Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Wilkes_Barre, Pa. Date of issue: 30 October 1896.
Citation: At great risk of his life went to the assistance of a
wounded comrade, and while under fire removed him to a place of
safety.
RYAN, PETER J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 11th Indiana Infantry
Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service
at: Vigo County, Ind. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 4 April 1865.
Citation: With one companion, captured 14 Confederates in the severest
part of the battle.
SACRISTE, LOUIS J.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company D, 116th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 3 May 1863.
At Auburn, Va., 14 October 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia,
Pa. Born: 15 June 1843, New Castle County, Del. Date of issue: 3I
January 1889. Citation: Saved from capture a gun of the 5th Maine
Battery. Voluntarily carried orders which resulted in saving from
destruction or capture the picket line of the 1st Division, 2d Army
Corps.
SAGELHURST, JOHN C.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 1st New Jersey Cavalry.
Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 6 February 1865. Entered service
at: Buffalo, N.Y. Birth: Buffalo, N.Y. Date of issue: 3 January
1906. Citation: Under a heavy fire from the enemy carried off the
field a commissioned officer who was severely wounded and also led
a charge on the enemy's rifle pits.
SANCRAINTE, CHARLES F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 15th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Atlanta, Ga., 22 July 1864. Entered service at:
Monroe, Mich. Born: 1840, Monroe, Mich. Date of issue: 25 July 1892.
Citation: Voluntarily scaled the enemy's breastworks and signaled
to his commanding officer in charge; also in single combat captured
the colors of the 5th Texas Regiment (C.S.A.).
SANDERSON, AARON
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Entered service at:
Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: North Carolina. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865.
Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Wyandank during a boat expedition
up Mattox Creek, 17 March 1865. Participating with a boat crew in
the clearing of Mattox Creek, L/man Anderson carried out his duties
courageously in the face of a devastating fire which cut away half
the oars, pierced the launch in many places and cut the barrel off
a musket being fired at the enemy.
SANDS, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company G, 88th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Dabney's Mills, Va., 6_7 February 1865.
Entered service at: Reading, Pa. Birth: Reading, Pa. Date of issue:
9 November 1893. Citation: Grasped the enemy's colors in the face
of a deadly fire and brought them inside the lines.
SANFORD, JACOB
Rank and organization: Private, 55th Illinois Infantry. Place and
date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Prairie
City, Ill. Birth: Fulton County, Ill. Date of issue: 2 September
1893. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming
party."
SARGENT, JACKSON
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 5th Vermont Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at: Stowe, Vt. Birth: Stowe, Vt. Date of issue: 28 October 1891.
Citation: First to scale the enemy's works and plant the colors
thereon.
SARTWELL, HENRY
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 123d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service
at: Ft. Ann, N.Y. Birth: Ticonderoga, N.Y. Date of issue: 17 November
1896. Citation: Was severely wounded by a gunshot in his left arm,
went half a mile to the rear but insisted on returning to his company
and continue to fight bravely until he became exhausted from the
loss of blood and was compelled to retire from the field.
SAUNDERS, JAMES
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1809, Massachusetts.
Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation:
Served as quartermaster on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge when she destroyed
the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864. Carrying out his
duties courageously throughout the bitter engagement, Saunders was
prompt in reporting damages done to both ships, and it is testified
to by Commodore Winslow that he is deserving of all commendation,
both for gallantry and for encouragement of others in his division.
*SAVACOOL, EDWIN F.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company K, 1st New York (Lincoln)
Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered
service at: Marshall, Mich. Born: 1835, Jackson, Mich. Date of issue:
24 April 1865. Citation: Capture of flag, during which he was wounded
and died several days later in Washington, D.C.
SAVAGE, AUZELLA
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1846,
Maine. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865.
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Santiago de Cuba in the assault on
Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. When the landing party to which he
was attached charged on the fort with a cheer, and the determination
to plant the colors on the ramparts, Savage remained steadfast when
more than two_thirds of the marines and sailors fell back in panic
during the fight. When enemy fire shot away the flagstaff above
his hand, he bravely seized the remainder of the staff and brought
his colors safely off.
SAXTON, RUFUS
Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers. P/ace
and date: At Harpers Ferry, W. Va., 26 to 30 May 1862. Entered service
at: Deerfield, Mass. Birth: Greenfield, Mass. Date of issue: 25
April 1893. Citation: Distinguished gallantry and good conduct in
the defense.
SCANLAN, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry.
P/ace and date: At Ashepoo River, S.C., 24 May 1864. Entered service
at: Spencer, Mass. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 21 January 1897.
Citation: Volunteered as a member of a boat crew which went to the
rescue of a large number of Union soldiers on board the stranded
steamer Boston, and with great gallantry assisted in conveying them
to shore, being exposed during the entire time to a heavy fire from
a Confederate battery.
SCHEIBNER, MARTIN E.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Mine Run, Va., 27 November 1863. Entered service
at: Berks County, Pa. Born: 13 October 1840, Russia. Date of issue:
23 June 1896. Citation: Voluntarily extinguished the burning fuse
of a shell which had been thrown into the lines of the regiment
by the enemy.
SCHENCK, BENJAMIN W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 116th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Maroa, Ill. Birth: Butler County, Ohio. Date of issue: 14 August
1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming
party.
SCHILLER, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 158th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered
service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 6 April
1865. Citation: Advanced to the ditch of the enemy's works.
SCHLACHTER, PHILIPP
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 73d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation:
Capture of flag of 15th Louisiana Infantry (C.S.A.).
SCHMAL, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Blacksmith, Company M, 24th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865. Entered
service at: Buffalo, N.Y. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 3 May 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag.
SCHMAUCH, ANDREW
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 30th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 9 July 1894. Citation:
Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
SCHMIDT, CONRAD
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company K, 2d U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue. 16 March 1896. Citation:
Went to the assistance of his regimental commander, whose horse
had been killed under him in a charge, mounted the officer behind
him, under a heavy fire from the enemy, and returned him to his
command.
SCHMIDT, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 37th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered
service at: Maumee, Ohio. Birth: Tiffin, Ohio. Date of issue: 9
November 1895. Citation. Rescued a wounded comrade under terrific
fire.
SCHNEIDER, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 3d Maryland Veteran
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Baltimore, Md. Date of issue: 27 July
1896. Citation: After the color sergeant had been shot down, seized
the colors and planted them on the enemy's works during the charge.
SCHNELL, CHRISTIAN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 37th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Wapakoneta, Ohio. Birth: Virginia. Date of issue: 10 July 1894.
Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
SCHOFIELD, JOHN M.
Rank and organization: Major, 1st Missouri Infantry. Place and
date: At Wilsons Creek, Mo., 10 August 1861. Entered service at:
St. Louis, Mo. Born: 29 September 1831, Gerry, N.Y. Date of issue:
2 July 1892. Citation: Was conspicuously gallant in leading a regiment
in a successful charge against the enemy.
SCHOONMAKER, JAMES M.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Place
and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service
at: Maryland. Born: 30 June 1842, Pittsburgh, Pa. Date of issue:
19 May 1899. Citation: At a critical period, gallantly led a cavalry
charge against the left of the enemy's line of battle, drove the
enemy out of his works, and captured many prisoners.
SCHORN, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Chief Bugler, Company M, 1st West Virginia
Cavalry. Place and date: At Appomattox, Va., 8 April 1865. Entered
service at: Mason City, W. Va. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 3
May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of the Sumter Flying Artillery
(C.S.A.).
SCHUBERT, MARTIN
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 26th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue. 1 September 1893.
Citation. Relinquished a furlough granted for wounds, entered the
battle, where he picked up the colors after several bearers had
been killed or wounded, and carried them until himself again wounded.
SCHUTT, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833, Ireland.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: As
coxswain on board the U.S.S. Hendrick Hudson, St. Marks, Fla., 5
and 6 March 1865. Serving with the army in charge of Navy howitzers
during the attack on St. Marks and throughout the fierce engagement,
Schutt made remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun,
and his coolness and determination in courageously remaining by
his gun while under the heavy fire of the enemy were a credit to
the service to which he belonged.
SCHWAN, THEODORE
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 10th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Peebles Farm, Va., 1 October 1864. Entered service
at: New York. Born: 9 July 1841, Germany. Date of issue: 12 December
1898. Citation: At the imminent risk of his own life, while his
regiment was falling back before a superior force of the enemy,
he dragged a wounded and helpless officer to the rear, thus saving
him from death or capture.
SCHWENK, MARTIN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Millerstown, Pa., July 1863. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 23 April 1889. Citation: Bravery
in an attempt to carry a communication through the enemy's lines;
also rescued an officer from the hands of the enemy.
SCOFIELD, DAVID H.
Rank and organization: Quartermaster Sergeant, Company K. 5th N.Y.,
U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864.
Entered service at: ------. Birth: Mamaroneck, N.Y. Date of issue:
26 October 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 13th Virginia Infantry
(C.S.A.).
SCOTT, ALEXANDER
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 10th Vermont Infantry.
Place and date: At Monocacy, Md., 9 July 1864. Entered service at:
Winooski, Vt. Birth: Canada. Date of issue: 28 September 1897. Citation:
Under a very heavy fire of the enemy saved the national flag of
his regiment from capture.
SCOTT, JOHN M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 21st Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Finley,
Ohio. Birth: Stark County, Ohio. Date of issue: 4 August 1866. Citation:
One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction
of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into
enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga.,
and attempted to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga
and Atlanta.
SCOTT, JOHN WALLACE
Rank and organization: Captain, Company D, 157th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service
at: ------. Born: 1838, Chester County, Pa. Date of issue: 27 April
1865. Citation: Capture of the flag of the 16th South Carolina Infantry,
in hand_to_hand combat.
SCOTT, JULIAN A.
Rank and organization: Drummer, Company E, 3d Vermont Infantry.
Place and date. At Lees Mills, Va., 16 April 1862. Entered service
at. Johnson, Vt. Birth: Johnson, Vt. Date of issue: February 1865.
Citation: Crossed the creek under a terrific fire of musketry several
times to assist in bringing off the wounded.
SEAMAN, ELISHA B
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 66th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va. 2 May 1863. Entered service
at: Logan County, Ohio. Birth: Logan County, Ohio. Date of issue:
24 June 1892. Citation: Was 1 of party of 4 who voluntarily brought
into the Union lines, under fire, a wounded Confederate officer
from whom was obtained valuable information concerning the enemy.
SEANOR, JAMES
Rank and organization: Master_at_Arms, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833, Boston,
Mass. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Served as master_at_arms on board the U.S. Ironclad Chickasaw, Mobile
Bay, 5 August 1864. Although his enlistment was up, Seanor volunteered
for the battle of Mobile Bay, going on board the Chickasaw from
the Vincennes where he carried out his duties gallantly throughout
the engagement which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee.
SEARS, CYRUS
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 11th Battery, Ohio Light
Artillery. Place and date: At Iuka, Miss., 19 September 1862. Entered
service at: Bucyrus, Ohio. Born: 10 March 1832, Delaware County,
N.Y. Date of issue: 31 December 1892. Citation: Although severely
wounded, fought his battery until the cannoneers and horses were
nearly all killed or wounded.
SEAVER, THOMAS O.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 3d Vermont Infantry. Place and
date: At Spotsylvania Courthouse, Va., 10 May 1864. Entered service
at: Pomfret, Vt. Born: 23 December 1833, Davendish, Vt. Date of
issue: 8 April 1892. Citation: At the head of 3 regiments and under
a most galling fire attacked and occupied the enemy's works.
SEITZINGER, JAMES M.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 116th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Cold Harbor, Va., 3 June 1864. Entered service
at: Worcester, Pa. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 1 March 1906.
Citation: When the color bearer was shot down, this soldier seized
the colors and bore them gallantly in a charge against the enemy.
SELLERS, ALFRED J.
Rank and organization: Major, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service at: Pennsylvania.
Born: 2 March 1836, Plumsteadville, Bucks County, Pa. Date of issue:
21 July 1894. Citation: Voluntarily led the regiment under a withering
fire to a position from which the enemy was repulsed.
*SESTON, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service
at: New Albany, Ind. Birth: New Albany, Ind. Date of issue: 6 April
1865. Citation: Gallant and meritorious service in carrying the
regimental colors.
SEWARD, GRIFFIN
Rank and organization: Wagoner, Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahva Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1863. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Dover, Del. Date of issue: 14 February
1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
SEWARD, RICHARD E.
Rank and organization: Paymaster's Steward, U.S. Navy. Place and
date: Ship Island Sound, La., 23 November 1863. Entered service
at------. Born: 1840, Kittery, Maine. Date of issue: 16 April 1864.
Citation: Served as paymaster's steward on board the U.S.S. Commodore,
November 1863. Carrying out his duties courageously, Seward "volunteered
to go on the field amidst a heavy fire to recover the bodies of
2 soldiers which he brought off with the aid of others; a second
instance of personal valor within a fortnight.'' Promoted to acting
master's mate.
SEWELL, WILLIAM J.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 5th New Jersey Infantry. Place
and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service
at: Camden, N.J. Born: 6 December 1835, Ireland. Date of issue:
25 March 1896. Citation: Assuming command of a brigade, he rallied
around his colors a mass of men from other regiments and fought
these troops with great brilliancy through several hours of desperate
conflict, remaining in command though wounded and inspiring them
by his presence and the gallantry of his personal example.
SHAFTER, WILLIAM R.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company I, 7th Michigan
Infantry. Place and date: At Fair Oaks, Va., 31 May 1862. Entered
service at: Galesburg, Mich. Birth: Kalamazoo, Mich. Date of issue:
12 June 1895. Citation: Lt. Shafter was engaged in bridge construction
and not being needed there returned with his men to engage the enemy
participating in a charge across an open field that resulted in
casualties to 18 of the 22 men. At the close of the battle his horse
was shot from under him and he was severely flesh wounded. He remained
on the field that day and stayed to fight the next day only by concealing
his wounds. In order not to be sent home with the wounded he kept
his wounds concealed for another 3 days until other wounded had
left the area.
SHAHAN, EMISIRE
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 1st West Virginia Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Preston County, W. Va. Date of issue: 3 May 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag of 76th Georgia Infantry (C.S.A.).
SHALER, ALEXANDER
Rank and organization: Colonel, 65th New York Infantry. Place and
date: At Marye's Heights, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service at: New
York, N.Y. Born: 19 March 1827, Haddam, Conn. Date of issue 25 November
1893. Citation: At a most critical moment, the head of the charging
column being about to be crushed by the severe fire of the enemy's
artillery and infantry, he pushed forward with a supporting column,
pierced the enemy's works, and turned their flank.
SHAMBAUGH, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 11th Pennsylvania Reserves.
Place and date: At Charles City Crossroads, Va., 30 June 1862. Entered
service at: Indiana County, Pa. Birth: Prussia. Date of issue: 17
July 1866. Citation: Capture of flag.
SHANES, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 14th West Virginia Infantry.
Place and date: At Carters Farm, Va., 20 July 1864. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Monomgalis County, W.Va. Date of issue: 31 January
1896. Citation: Charged upon a Confederate fieldpiece in advance
of his comrades and by his individual exertions silenced the piece.
SHAPLAND, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Elk River, Tenn., 2 July 1863. Entered service
at: Ottawa, Ill. Birth: England. Date of issue: 30 October 1897.
Citation: Voluntarily joined a small party that, under a heavy fire,
captured a stockade and saved the bridge.
SHARP, HENDRICK
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1815, Spain. Accredited
to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: As captain
of a 100_pounder rifle gun on topgallant forecastle on board the
U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and
with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage
to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked
her decks, Sharp fought his gun with skill and courage throughout
a furious 2_hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel
ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of the batteries
at Fort Morgan.
SHEA, JOSEPH H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 92d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Baltimore, Md. Date of issue: March 1866.
Citation: Gallantry in bringing wounded from the field under heavy
fire.
SHELLENBERGER, JOHN S.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 85th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Deep Run, Va., 16 August 1864. Entered service
at: Perryopolis, Pa. Birth: ------. Date of issue: 6 April 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag.
SHEPARD, IRWIN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 17th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Knoxville, Tenn. 20 November 1863. Entered service
at: Chelsea, Mich. Birth: Skaneateles, N.Y. Date of issue: 3 August
1897. Citation: Having voluntarily accompanied a small party to
destroy buildings within the enemy's lines, whence sharpshooters
had been firing, disregarded an order to retire, remained and completed
the firing of the buildings, thus insuring their total destruction;
this at the imminent risk of his life from the fire of the advancing
enemy.
SHEPARD, LOUIS C.
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1843,
Ohio. Accredited to: Ohio. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation:
Served as seaman on board the U.S.S. Wabash in the assault on Fort
Fisher, 15 January 1865. Advancing gallantly through severe enemy
fire while armed only with a revolver and cutlass which made it
impossible to return the fire at that range, Shepard succeeded in
reaching the angle of the fort and in going on, to be one of the
few who entered the fort. When the rest of the body of men to his
rear were forced to retreat under a devastating fire, he was forced
to withdraw through lack of support and to seek the shelter of one
of the mounds near the stockade from which point he succeeded in
regaining the safety of his ship.
SHEPHERD, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 3d Indiana Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at: Dillsboro, Ind. Birth: Dearborn County, Ind. Date of issue:
3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
SHERIDAN, JAMES
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1831, Newark,
N.J. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Served as quartermaster on board the U.S.S. Oneida in the engagement
at Mobile Bay 5 August 1864. Acting as captain of the after 11_inch
gun, and wounded in several places, Sheridan remained at his gun
until the firing had ceased and then took the place of the signal
quartermaster who had been injured by a fall. Recommended for his
gallantry and intelligence, Sheridan served courageously throughout
this battle which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee
and the damaging of Fort Morgan.
SHERMAN, MARSHALL
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 1st Minnesota Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service
at. St. Paul, Minn. Birth: Burlington, Vt. Date of issue: 1 December
1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 28th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
SHIEL (SHIELDS), JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862. Entered
service at: Cressonville, Pa. Birth: ------. Date of issue: 21 January
1897. Citation: Carried a dangerously wounded comrade into the Union
lines, thereby preventing his capture by the enemy.
SHIELDS, BERNARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 2d West Virginia Cavalry.
Place and date: At Appomattox, Va., 8 April 1865. Entered service
at: Ironton, Ohio. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation:
Capture of flag of the Washington Artillery (C.S.A.).
SHILLING, JOHN
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company H, 3d Delaware Infantry.
Place and date: At Weldon Railroad, Va., 21 August 1864. Entered
service at: Felton, Del. Born: 15 February 1832, England. Date of
issue: 6 September 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
SHIPLEY, ROBERT F.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 140th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Wayne, N.Y. Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation:
Captured the flag of the 9th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.) in hand-to_hand
combat.
SHIPMAN, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1831, New York,
N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Ticonderoga in the attack upon Fort Fisher on
15 January 1865. As captain of No. 2 gun, stationed near the 100_pounder
Parrott rifle when it burst into fragments, killing 8 men and wounding
12 more, Shipman promptly recognized the effect produced by the
explosion and, despite the carnage surrounding them, and the enemy's
fire, encouraged the men at their guns by exclaiming "Go ahead,
boys! This is only the fortunes of war!"
SHIVERS, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1830 Canada.
Accredited to: New Jersey. G.O. No.. 59, 22 June 1865. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Minnesota, in the assault on Fort Fisher, 15
January 1865. Landing on the beach with the assaulting party from
his ship, Pvt. Shivers advanced to the top of the sandhill and partly
through the breach in the palisades despite enemy fire which killed
or wounded many officers and men. When more than two_thirds of the
men became seized with panic and retreated on the run, he remained
with the party until dark when it came safely away, bringing its
wounded, its arms and its colors.
SHOEMAKER, LEVI
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 1st West Virginia Cavalry.
Place and date: At Nineveh, Va., 12 November 1864. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Monongalia County, W. Va. Date of issue: 26 November
1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 22d Virginia Cavalry (C.S.A.).
SHOPP, GEORGE J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 191st Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service
at: Reading, Pa. Birth: Equinunk, Pa. Date of issue: 27 April 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag.
SHUBERT, FRANK
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 43d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation:
Capture of two markers.
SHUTES, HENRY
Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy. Born:
1804, Baltimore, Md. Accredited to: Maryland. G.O. No.: 71, 15 January
1866. Citation: Served as captain of the forecastle on board the
U.S.S. Wissahickon during the battle of New Orleans, 24 and 25 April
1862; and in the engagement at Fort McAllister, 27 February 1863.
Going on board the U.S.S. Wissahickon from the U.S.S. Don where
his seamanlike qualities as gunner's mate were outstanding, Shutes
performed his duties with skill and courage. Showing a presence
of mind and prompt action when a shot from Fort McAllister penetrated
the Wissahickon below the water line and entered the powder magazine,
Shutes contributed materially to the preservation of the powder
and safety of the ship.
SICKLES, DANIEL E.
Rank and organization: Major General, U.S. Volunteers. Place and
date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: New York,
N.Y. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 30 October 1897. Citation:
Displayed most conspicuous gallantry on the field vigorously contesting
the advance of the enemy and continuing to encourage his troops
after being himself severely wounded.
SICKLES, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 7th Wisconsin Infantry.
Place and date: At Gravelly Run, Va., 31 March 1865. Entered service
at: Columbia County, Wis. Birth: Danube, N.Y. Date of issue: Unknown.
Citation: With a comrade, attempted capture of a stand of Confederate
colors and detachment of 9 Confederates, actually taking prisoner
3 members of the detachment, dispersing the remainder, and recapturing
a Union officer who was a prisoner in hands of the detachment.
SIDMAN, GEORGE E.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 16th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Gaines Mill, Va., 27 June 1862. Entered service
at: Owosso, Mich. Born: 25 November 1844, Rochester, N.Y. Date of
issue: 6 April 1892. Citation: Distinguished bravery in battle.
Rallied his comrades to charge vastly superior force until wounded
in the hip. He was a 16_year_old drummer.
SIMKINS, LEBBEUS
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1836, Utica N.Y.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and
gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864.
Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board
as enemy fire raked her decks, Simkins performed his duties with
skill and courage throughout a furious 2_hour battle which resulted
in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging
and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
SIMMONS, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 2d New York Heavy Artillery.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at: Liberty, N.Y. Birth: Bethel, N.Y. Date of issue: 24 April 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag.
SIMMONS, WILLIAM T.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company C, 11th Missouri Infantry.
Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Born: 29 January 1843, Green County, Ill. Date of issue:
24 February 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 34th Alabama Infantry
(C.S.A ). Being the first to enter the works, he shot and wounded
the enemy color bearer.
SIMONDS, WILLIAM EDGAR
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 25th Connecticut Infantry.
Place and date: At Irish Bend, La., 14 April 1863. Entered service
at: Canton, Conn. Birth: ------. Date of issue: 25 February 1899.
Citation. Displayed great gallantry, under a heavy fire from the
enemy, in calling in the skirmishers and assisting in forming the
line of battle.
SIMONS, CHARLES J.
Rank and organization. Sergeant, Company A, 9th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service
at: Exeter, N.H. Birth: India. Date of issue: 27 July 1896. Citation:
Was one of the first in the exploded mine, captured a number of
prisoners. and was himself captured, but escaped.
SIVEL, HENRY
See William H. Mathews (true name).
SKELLIE, EBENEZER
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 112th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered
service at: Mina, N.Y. Birth: Mina, N.Y. Date of issue: 6 April
1865. Citation: Took the colors of his regiment, the color bearer
having fallen, and carried them through the first charge; also,
in the second charge, after all the color guards had been killed
or wounded he carried the colors up to the enemy's works, where
he fell wounded.
SLADEN, JOSEPH A.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 33d Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Resaca, Ga., 14 May 1864. Entered service at:
Lowell, Mass. Birth: England. Date of issue: 19 July 1895. Citation:
While detailed as clerk at headquarters, voluntarily engaged in
action at a critical moment and personal example inspired the troops
to repel the enemy.
SLAGLE, OSCAR
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Elk River, Tenn., 2 July 1863. Entered service
at: Manlius, Ill. Birth: Fulton County, Ohio. Date of issue: 30
October 1897. Citation: Voluntarily joined a small party that, under
a heavy fire, captured a stockade and saved the bridge.
SLAVENS, SAMUEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 33d Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Wakefield, Pike
County, Ohio. Birth: Pike County, Ohio. Date of issue: 28 July 1883.
Citation: One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by
direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles
south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big
Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between
Chattanooga and Atlanta.
SLOAN, ANDREW J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 12th Iowa Infantry.
Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service
at: Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa. Birth: Bedford County, Pa.
Date of issue: 24 February 1865. Citation: Captured flag of 1st
Louisiana Battery (C.S.A.).
SLUSHER, HENRY C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 22d Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and date: Near Moorefield, W. Va., 11 September 1863. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Washington County, Pa. Date of issue:
4 April 1898. Citation: Voluntarily crossed a branch of the Potomac
River under fire to rescue a wounded comrade held prisoner by the
enemy. Was wounded and taken prisoner in the attempt.
SMALLEY, REUBEN
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 83d Indiana Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at. Poston, Ind. Birth: Redding, N.Y. Date of issue: 9 July 1894.
Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
SMALLEY, REUBEN S.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Elk River, Tenn., 2 July 1863. Entered service
at: Brookfield, La Salle County, Ill. Birth: Washington County,
Pa. Date of issue: 30 October 1897. Citation: Voluntarily joined
a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and
saved the bridge.
SMITH, ALONZO
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 7th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 27 October 1864. Entered service
at: Jonesville, Mich. Born: 9 August 1842, Niagara County, N.Y.
Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 26th
North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.), while outside his lines far from
his comrades.
SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act
of Congress, March 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of The Congress
the Medal of Honor to
CORPORAL ANDREW JACKSON SMITH
UNITED STATES ARMY
for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the
risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty:
Corporal Andrew Jackson Smith, of Clinton, Illinois,
a member of the 55th Massachusetts Voluntary Infantry, distinguished
himself on 30 November 1864 by saving his regimental colors, after
the color bearer was killed during al bloody charge called the Battle
of Honey Hill, South Carolina. In the late afternoon, as the 55th
Regiment pursued enemy skirmishers and conducted a running fight,
they ran into a swampy area backed by a rise where the Confederate
Army awaited. The surrounding woods and thick underbrush impeded
infantry movement and artillery support. The 55th and 34th regiments
formed columns to advance on the enemy position in a flanking movement.
As the Confederates repelled other units, the 55th and 54th regiments
continued to move into tanking positions. Forced into a narrow gorge
crossing a swamp in the face of the enemy position, the 55th's Color-Sergeant
was killed by an exploding shell, and Corporal Smith took the Regimental
Colors from his hand and carried them through heavy grape and canister
fire. Although half of the officers and a third of the enlisted
men engaged in the fight were killed or wounded, Corporal Smith
continued to expose himself to enemy fire by carrying the colors
throughout the battle. Through his actions, the Regimental Colors
of the 55th Infantry Regiment were not lost to the enemy. Corporal
Andrew Jackson Smith's extraordinary valor in the face of deadly
enemy fire is in keeping with the highest traditions of military
service and reflect great credit upon him, the 55th Regiment, and
the United States Army.
SMITH, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 1st Maine Cavalry. Place and date:
At St. Mary's Church, Va., 24 June 1864. Entered service at: Maine.
Birth: Hollis, Maine. Date of issue: 11 April 1895. Citation: Remained
in the fight to the close, although severely wounded.
*SMITH, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1826, Maine.
Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On board
the U.S.S. Rhode Island which was engaged in rescuing men from the
stricken Monitor in Mobile Bay, on December 30, 1862. After the
Monitor sprang a leak and went down, Smith courageously risked his
life in a gallant attempt to rescue members of the crew. Although
he, too, lost his life during the hazardous operation, he had made
every effort possible to save the lives of his fellow men.
SMITH, DAVID L.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Battery E, 1st New York Light
Artillery. Place and date. At Warwick Courthouse, Va., 6 April 1862.
Entered service at: Bath, N.Y. Birth: ------. Date of issue: 6 August
1906. Citation: This soldier, when a shell struck an ammunition
chest exploding a number of cartridges and setting fire to the packing
tow, procured water and extinguished the fire, thus preventing the
explosion of the remaining ammunition.
SMITH, EDWIN
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1841,
New York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. Citation: On board the U.S.S.
Whitehead in the attack upon Franklin, Va., 3 October 1862. When
his ship became grounded in a narrow passage as she rounded a bend
in the Blackwater River, Smith, realizing the hazards of lowering
a boat voluntarily swam to shore with a line under the enemy's heavy
fire. His fearless action enabled his ship to maintain steady fire
and keep the enemy in check during the battle.
SMITH, FRANCIS M.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 1st Maryland
Infantry. Place and date: At Dabney Mills, Va., 6 February 1865.
Entered service at: Frederick, Md. Birth: Frederick, Md. Date of
issue: 13 August 1895. Citation: Voluntarily remained with the body
of his regimental commander under a heavy fire after the brigade
had retired and brought the body off the field.
SMITH, HENRY I.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company B, 7th Iowa Infantry.
Place and date: At Black River, N.C., 15 March 1865. Entered service
at: Shell Rock Fall, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Born: 4 May 1840,
England. Date of issue: 7 September 1894. Citation: Voluntarily
and under fire rescued a comrade from death by drowning.
SMITH, JAMES (OVID)
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 2d Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: ------ Birth:
Fredericksburg, Va. Date of issue: 6 July 1864. Citation: One of
the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen.
Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy
territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an
attempt to destroy the bridges and tract between Chattanooga and
Atlanta.
SMITH, JAMES
Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy. Born:
1826, Albany, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December
1864. Citation: As captain of a gun on board the U.S.S: Richmond
during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram
Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship
and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks,
Smith fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the prolonged
battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee
and in the successful attacks carried out on Fort Morgan.
SMITH, JOHN
Rank and organization: Captain of Forecastle, U.S. Navy. Born:
1831, Boston, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 45,
31 December 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Lackawanna during
the successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the
ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Serving as a gun captain
and finding he could not depress his gun when alongside the rebel
ironclad Tennessee, Smith threw a hand holystone into one of the
ports at a rebel using abusive language against the crew of the
ship. He continued his daring action throughout the engagement which
resulted in the capture of the prize ram Tennessee and in the damaging
and destruction of Fort Morgan.
SMITH, JOHN
Rank and organization: Second Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy. Born
1826, Albany, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December
1864. Citation: As captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. Richmond
during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram
Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship
and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks,
Smith fought his gun with skill and courage throughout a furious
2_hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee
and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
SMITH, JOSEPH S.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel and Commissary of Subsistence,
2d Army Corps. Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 27 October
1864. Entered service at: Maine. Birth: Wiscasset, Maine. Date of
issue: 25 May 1892. Citation: Led a part of a brigade, saved 2 pieces
of artillery, captured a flag, and secured a number of prisoners.
SMITH, OLOFF
Rank and organization. Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833, Sweden.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and
gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864
Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board
as enemy fire raked her decks, Smith performed his duties with skill
and courage throughout the furious 2_hour battle which resulted
in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging
and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
SMITH, OTIS W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 95th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Logan County, Ohio. Date of issue: 24 February
1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 6th Florida Infantry (C.S.A.).
SMITH, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 95th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Weldon Railroad, Va., 21 August 1864. Entered
service at: Harverstraw, Rockland County, N.Y. Birth: Harverstraw,
Rockland County, N.Y. Date of issue: 13 March 1865. Citation: Captured
2 officers and 20 men of Hagood's brigade while they were endeavoring
to make their way back through the woods.
SMITH, S. RODMOND
Rank and organization: Captain, Company C, 4th Delaware Infantry.
Place and date: At Rowanty Creek, Va., 5 February 1865. Entered
service at: Wilmington, Del. Birth: Delaware. Date of issue: 8 April
1895. Citation: Swam the partly frozen creek under fire to establish
a crossing.
SMITH, THADDEUS S.
Rank and organization. Corporal, Company E, 6th Pennsylvania Reserve
Infantry. Place and date. At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Franklin County, Pa. Date of issue: 5
May 1900. Citation: Was 1 of 6 volunteers who charged upon a log
house near the Devil's Den, where a squad of the enemy's sharpshooters
were sheltered, and compelled their surrender.
SMITH, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1838, England.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.. 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: As
seaman on board the U.S.S. Magnolia, St. Marks, Fla., 5 and 6 March
1865. Serving with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during the
attack on St. Marks and throughout this fierce engagement, Smith
made remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun, and his
coolness and determination in courageously standing by his gun while
under the fire of the enemy were a credit to the service to which
he belonged.
SMITH, WALTER B.
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1827,
New York. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel
forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August
1864. Cool and courageous at his station throughout the prolonged
action, Smith rendered outstanding service at the 100_pounder rifle
on the topgallant forecastle and while firing his musket into the
gun ports of the rebel Tennessee.
SMITH, WILLARD M.
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1840,
Alleghany, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December
1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during action against
rebel forts and gunboats, and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay,
5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship and the loss of
several men on board as enemy fire continued to fall, Cpl. Smith
fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the furious 2_hour
battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee.
SMITH, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1838, Ireland.
Accredited to: New Hampshire. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Served as second quartermaster on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge when
she destroyed the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864. Acting
as captain of the 11-inch pivot gun of the second division, Smith
carried out his duties courageously and deserved special notice
for the deliberate and cool manner in which he acted throughout
the bitter engagement. It is stated by rebel officers that this
gun was more destructive and did more damage than any other gun
of Kearsarge.
SMITH, WILSON
Rank and organization: Corporal, Battery H, 3d New York Light Artillery.
Place and date: At Washington, N.C., 6 September 1862. Entered service
at: Madison, N.Y. Birth: Madison, N.Y. Date of issue: 24 April 1896.
Citation: Took command of a gun (the lieutenant in charge having
disappeared) and fired the same so rapidly and effectively that
the enemy was repulsed, although for a time a hand_to_hand conflict
was had over the gun.
SNEDDEN, JAMES
Rank and organization: Musician, Company E, 54th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Piedmont, Va., 5 June 1864. Entered service at:
Johnstown, Pa. Birth: Scotland. Dates of issue: 11 September 1897.
Citation: Left his place in the rear, took the rifle of a disabled
soldier, and fought through the remainder of the action.
SOUTHARD, DAVID
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 1st New Jersey Cavalry.
Place and date. At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Ocean County, N.J. Date of issue: 3 July 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag; and was the first man over the works
in the charge.
SOVA., JOSEPH E.
Rank and organization: Saddler, Company H, 8th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Appomattox Campaign, Va., 29 March to 9 April
1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Chili, N.Y. Date of issue:
3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
SOWERS, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and date: At Stony Creek Station, Va., 1 December 1864. Entered
service at: Allegheny County, Pa. Born: 14 September 1844, Pittsburgh,
Allegheny County, Pa. Date of issue: 16 February 1897. Citation:
His horse having been shot from under him he voluntarily and on
foot participated in the cavalry charge made upon one of the forts,
conducting himself throughout with great personal bravery.
SPALDING, EDWARD B.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 52d Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., 6 April 1862. Entered
service at: Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill. Birth: Ogle County,
Ill. Date of issue: 15 January 1894. Citation: Although twice wounded,
and thereby crippled for life, he remained fighting in open ground
to the close of the battle.
SPERRY, WILLIAM J.
Rank and organization: Major, 6th Vermont Infantry. Place and date:
At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Vermont. Birth:
Cavendish, Vt. Date of issue: 12 August 1892. Citation: With the
assistance of a few men, captured 2 pieces of artillery and turned
them upon the enemy.
SPILLANE, TIMOTHY
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 5_7 February 1865. Entered
service at: Erie, Pa. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 16 September
1880. Citation: Gallantry and good conduct in action; bravery in
a charge and reluctance to leave the field after being twice wounded.
SPRAGUE, BENONA
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 116th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Chencys Grove, Ill. Birth: Onondaga County, N.Y. Date of issue:
10 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer
storming party. "
SPRAGUE, JOHN W.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 63d Ohio Infantry. Place and date:
At Decatur, Ga., 22 July 1862. Entered service at: Sandusky, Ohio
Born: 4 April 1817, White Creek, N.Y. Date of issue: 18 January
1894. Citation: With a small command defeated an overwhelming force
of the enemy and saved the trains of the corps.
SPROWLE, DAVID
Rank and organization: Orderly Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born:
1811, Lisbon, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December
1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against
rebel forts and gunboats, and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay,
5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several
men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Orderly Sgt. Sprowle
inspired the men of the marine guard and directed a division of
great guns throughout the furious battle which resulted in the surrender
of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of
batteries at Fort Morgan.
SPURLING, ANDREW B.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 2d Maine Cavalry. Place
and date: At Evergreen, Ala., 23 March 1865. Entered service at:
Maine. Birth: Cranberry Isles, Maine. Date of issue: 10 September
1897. Citation: Advanced alone in the darkness beyond the picket
line, came upon 3 of the enemy, fired upon them (his fire being
returned), wounded 2, and captured the whole party.
STACEY, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 55th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: England. Date of issue: 23 June 1896. Citation:
Voluntarily took an advanced position on the skirmish line for the
purpose of ascertaining the location of Confederate sharpshooters,
and under heavy fire held the position thus taken until the company
of which he was a member went back to the main line.
STAHEL, JULIUS
Rank and organization: Major General, U.S. Volunteers. Place and
date: At Piedmont, Va., 5 June 1864. Entered service at: New York,
N.Y. Born: 5 November 1825, Hungary. Date of issue: 4 November 1893.
Citation: Led his division into action until he was severely wounded.
STANLEY, DAVID S.
Rank and organization: Major General, U.S. Volunteers. Place and
date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864. Entered service at:
Congress, Wayne County, Ohio. Born: 1 June 1828, Cedar Valley, Ohio.
Date of issue: 29 March 1893. Citation: At a critical moment rode
to the front of one of his brigades, reestablished its lines, and
gallantly led it In a successful assault.
STANLEY, WILLIAM A.
Rank and organization: Shell Man, U.S. Navy. Born: 1831, Massachusetts.
Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Shell man on No. 8 on board the U.S.S. Hartford during successful
actions against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee
in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Although severely wounded when
his ship sustained numerous hits under the enemy's terrific shellfire,
Stanley continued to pass shell until forced by the loss of blood
to go below.
STARKINS, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, 34th New York Battery. Place and
date: At Campbell Station, Tenn., 16 November 1863. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Great Neck, N.Y. Date of issue: 30 July 1896.
Citation; Brought off his piece without losing a man.
STEELE, JOHN W.
Rank and organization: Major and Aide_de_Camp, U.S. Volunteers.
Place and date: At Spring Hill, Tenn., 29 November 1864. Entered
service at: Ohio. Birth: Vermont. Date of issue: 28 September 1897.
Citation: During a night attack of the enemy upon the wagon and
ammunition train of this officer's corps, he gathered up a force
of stragglers and others, assumed command of it, though himself
a staff officer, and attacked and dispersed the enemy's forces,
thus saving the train.
STEINMETZ, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 83d Indiana Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Sunmans, Ind. Birth: Newport, Ky. Date of issue: 12 July 1894.
Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
STEPHENS, WILLIAM G.
Rank and organization: Private, Chicago Mercantile Battery, Illinois
Light Artillery. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863.
Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of
issue: 21 December 1894. Citation: Carried with others by hand a
cannon up to and fired it through an embrasure of the enemy's works.
STERLING, JAMES E.
Rank and organization. Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy. Born: 1838, Maine.
Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during successful attacks against Fort
Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5
August 1864. Although wounded when heavy enemy return fire raked
the decks of his ship, Sterling courageously remained at his post
and continued passing shell until struck down a second time and
completely disabled.
STERLING, JOHN T.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service
at: Marion County, Ind. Birth. Edgar County, Ill. Date of issue:
4 April 1865. Citation: With one companion captured 14 of the enemy
in the severest part of the battle.
STEVENS, DANIEL D.
Rank and organization. Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840, Sagnange,
Tenn. Accredited to: Massachusetts. Letter 15 July 1870, Secretary
of the Navy to Hon. S. Hooper. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Canonicus
during attacks on Fort Fisher, on 13 January 1865. As the Canonicus
moved into position at 700 yards from shore, the enemy troops soon
obtained her range and opened with heavy artillery fire, subjecting
her to several hits and near misses until late in the afternoon
when the heavier ships coming into line drove them into their bombproofs.
Twice during the battle, in which his ship sustained 36 hits, the
flag was shot away and gallantly replaced by Stevens.
STEVENS, HAZARD
Rank and organization: Captain and Assistant Adjutant General,
U.S. Volunteers. Place and Date: At Fort Huger, Va., 19 April 1863.
Entered service at: Olympia, Washington Territory. Born: 9 June
1842, Newport, R.I. Date of issue: 13 June 1894. Citation: Gallantly
led a party that assaulted and captured the fort.
STEWART, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company E, 1st New Jersey
Cavalry. Place and date: At Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865.
Entered service at: ------. Birth: Salem, N.J. Date of issue: 3
May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
STEWART, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st Maryland Infantry.
Place and date. At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 27 April 1865. Citation.
Capture of flag.
STICKELS, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 83d Ohio Infantry.
Place and date. At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service
at: Bethany, Ohio. Birth: Butler County, Ohio. Date of issue: 8
June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
STOCKMAN, GEORGE H.
Rank and organization. First Lieutenant, Company C, 6th Missouri
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered
service at: Chicago, Ill. Birth. Germany. Date of issue: 9 July
1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming
party."
STODDARD, JAMES
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1838, North Carolina.
Accredited to: North Carolina. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864. Citation:
Off Yazoo City, Miss., 5 March 1864. Embarking from the Marmora
with a 12_pound howitzer mounted on a field carriage, Stoddard landed
with the gun and crew in the midst of heated battle and, bravely
standing by his gun despite enemy rifle fire which cut the gun carriage
and rammer, contributed to the turning back of the enemy during
the fierce engagement.
STOKES, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 122d Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service
at: Jerseyville, Ill. Birth. England. Date of issue: 24 February
1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
STOLZ, FRANK
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 83d Indiana Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Sunmans, Ind. Birth: Dearborn County, Ind. Date of issue: 9
July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming
party."
STOREY, JOHN H. R.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 109th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Dallas, Ga., 28 May 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 29 August 1896.
Citation: While bringing in a wounded comrade, under a destructive
fire, he was himself wounded in the right leg, which was amputated
on the same day.
STOUT, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1836, New York.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864. Citation:
Serving on board the U.S.S. Isaac Smith, Stono River, 30 January
1863. While reconnoitering on the Stono River on this date the U.S.S.
Isaac Smith became trapped in a rebel ambush. Fired on from two
sides, she fought her guns until disabled. Suffering heavy casualties
and at the mercy of the enemy who was delivering a raking fire from
every side, she struck her colors out of regard for the wounded
aboard, and all aboard were taken prisoners. Carrying out his duties
bravely through this action, Stout was severely wounded and lost
his right arm while returning the rebel fire.
STRAHAN, ROBERT
Rank and organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy. Birth: New
Jersey. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Accredited to: New Jersey.
Citation: Served as captain of the top on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge
when she destroyed the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864.
Acting as captain of the No. 1 gun, Strahan carried out his duties
in the face of heavy enemy fire and exhibited marked coolness and
good conduct throughout the engagement. Strahan was highly recommended
by his division officer for his gallantry and meritorious achievements.
STRAUSBAUGH, BERNARD A.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company A, 3d Maryland Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service
at: Warfordsburg, Pa. Birth: Adams County, Pa. Date of issue: 1
December 1864. Citation: Recaptured the colors of 2d Pennsylvania
Provisional Artillery.
STREILE, CHRISTIAN
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 1st New Jersey Cavalry.
Place and date: At Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865. Entered
service at: Jersey City, N.J. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 3 May
1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
STRONG, JAMES N.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 49th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Port Hudson, La., 27 May 1863. Entered
service at: Pittsfield, Mass. Birth: ------. Date of issue: 25 November
1893. Citation: Volunteered in response to a call and took part
in the movement that was made upon the enemy's works under a heavy
fire therefrom in advance of the general assault.
STURGEON, JAMES K.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 46th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., 15 June 1864. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Perry County, Ohio. Date of issue: 2
January 1895. Citation: Advanced beyond the lines, and in an encounter
with 3 Confederates shot 2 and took the other prisoner.
SULLIVAN, JAMES
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833,
New York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December
1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Agawam as one of a volunteer
crew of a powder boat which was exploded near Fort Fisher, 2 December
1864. The powder boat, towed in by the Wilderness to prevent detection
by the enemy, cast off and slowly steamed to within 300 yards of
the beach. After fuses and fires had been lit and a second anchor
with short scope let go to assure the boat's tailing inshore, the
crew boarded the Wilderness and proceeded a distance of 12 miles
from shore. Less than 2 hours later the explosion took place, and
the following day fires were observed still burning at the forts.
SULLIVAN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1839, New York,
N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Served as seaman on board the U.S.S. Monticello during the reconnaissance
of the harbor and water defenses of Wilmington, N.C. 23 to 25 June
1864. Taking part in a reconnaissance of enemy defenses which covered
a period of 2 days and nights, Sullivan courageously carried out
his duties during this action, which resulted in the capture of
a mail carrier and mail, the cutting of a telegraph wire, and the
capture of a large group of prisoners. Although in immediate danger
from the enemy at all times, Sullivan showed gallantry and coolness
throughout this action which resulted in the gaining of much vital
information of the rebel defenses.
SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1835, Ireland.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Served
on board the U.S.S. Louisville during various actions of that vessel.
During the engagements of the Louisville, Sullivan served as first
captain of a 9_inch gun and throughout his period of service was
"especially commended for his attention to duty, bravery, and coolness
in action."
SUMMERS, JAMES C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 4th West Virginia Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1 863. Entered service
at: Kanawha County, W. Va. Born: 14 February 1838, Kanawha County,
W. Va. Date of issue: 25 February 1895. Citation: Gallantry in charge
of the "volunteer storming party."
SUMMERS, ROBERT
Rank and organization. Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1838,
Prussia. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation:
Summers served on board the U.S.S. Ticonderoga in the attacks on
Fort Fisher, 13 to 15 January 1865. The ship took position in the
line of battle and maintained a well_directed fire upon the batteries
to the left of the palisades during the initial phase of the engagement.
Although several of the enemy's shots fell over and around the vessel,
the Ticonderoga fought her guns gallantly throughout 3 consecutive
days of battle until the flag was planted on one of the strongest
fortifications possessed by the rebels.
SURLES, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 2d Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: At Perryville, Ky., 8 October 1862. Entered service at:
Steubenville, Ohio. Born: 24 February 1845, Steubenville, Ohio.
Date of issue: 19 August 1891. Citation: In the hottest part of
the fire he stepped in front of his colonel to shield him from the
enemy's fire.
SWAN, CHARLES A.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 4th Iowa Cavalry. Place
and date. At Selma, Ala., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Mt.
Pleasant, Iowa. Born: 29 May 1838, Green County, Pa. Date of issue:
17 June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag (supposed to be 11th Mississippi,
C.S.A., and bearer.
SWANSON, JOHN
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1842, Sweden. Accredited
to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On board
the U.S.S. Santiago de Cuba during the assault on Fort Fisher on
15 January 1865. As one of a boat crew detailed to one of the generals
on shore, Swanson bravely entered the fort in the assault and accompanied
his party in carrying dispatches at the height of the battle. He
was 1 of 6 men who entered the fort in the assault from the fleet.
SWAP, JACOB E.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 83d Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 5 May 1864. Entered service
at: Springs, Pa. Birth: Calnehoose, N.Y. Date of issue: 19 November
1897. Citation: Although assigned to other duty, he voluntarily
joined his regiment in a charge and fought with it until severely
wounded.
SWATTON, EDWARD
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1836, New York,
N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Santiago de Cuba during the assault on Fort
Fisher on 15 January 1865. As one of a boat crew detailed to one
of the generals on shore, Swatton bravely entered the fort in the
assault and accompanied his party in carrying dispatches at the
height of the battle. He was 1 of 6 men who entered the fort in
the assault from the fleet.
SWAYNE, WAGER
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 43d Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: At Corinth, Miss., 4 October 1862. Entered service at:
Columbus, Ohio. Born: 10 November 1834, Columbus, Ohio. Date of
issue: 19 August 1893. Citation: Conspicuous gallantry in restoring
order at a critical moment and leading his regiment in a charge.
SWEARER, BENJAMIN
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1825, Baltimore,
Md. Accredited to: Maryland. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation:
Embarked in a surfboat from the U.S.S. Pawnee during action against
Fort Clark, off Baltimore Inlet, 29 August 1861. Taking part in
a mission to land troops and to remain inshore and provide protection,
Swearer rendered gallant service throughout the action and had the
honor of being the first man to raise the flag on the captured fort.
SWEATT, JOSEPH S. G.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 6th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Carrsville, Va., 15 May 1863. Entered service
at: Lowell, Mass. Born: 23 October 1843, Boscawen, N.H. Date of
issue: 22 March 1892. Citation: When ordered to retreat this soldier
turned and rushed back to the front, in the face of heavy fire of
the enemy, in an endeavor to rescue his wounded comrades, remaining
by them until overpowered and taken prisoner.
SWEENEY, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 1st Vermont Cavalry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service
at: Essex, Vt. Birth: England. Date of issue: 26 October 1864. Citation:
With one companion captured the State flag of a North Carolina regiment,
together with 3 officers and an ambulance with its mules and driver.
SWEGHEIMER, JACOB
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 54th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 14 July 1894. Citation:
Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
SWIFT, FREDERIC W.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 17th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Lenoire Station, Tenn., 16 November 1863. Entered
service at: Michigan. Born: 30 January 1831, Mansfield Center, Conn.
Date of issue: 15 February 1897. Citation: Gallantly seized the
colors and rallied the regiment after 3 color bearers had been shot
and the regiment, having become demoralized, was in imminent danger
of capture.
SWIFT, HARLAN J.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company H, 2d Mew York
Militia Regiment. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864.
Entered service at: New York. Birth: New Hudson, N.Y. Date of issue:
20 July 1897. Citation: Having advanced with his regiment and captured
the enemy's line, saw 4 of the enemy retiring toward their second
line of works. He advanced upon them alone, compelled their surrender
and regained his regiment with the 4 prisoners.
SYPE, PETER
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 3 May 1863. Entered service
at: Adrian, Mich. Born: 11 October 1841, Monroe County, Mich. Date
of issue: 12 September 1911. Citation. Was one of a party that volunteered
and attempted to run the enemy's batteries with a steam tug and
2 barges loaded with subsistence stores.
TABOR, WILLIAM L. S.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 15th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: At the siege of Port Hudson, La., July 1863. Entered
service at: Concord, N.H. Born: 1844, Methenn, Mass. Date of issue:
10 March 1896. Citation: Voluntarily exposed himself to the enemy
only a few feet away to render valuable services for the protection
of his comrades.
TAGGART, CHARLES A.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 37th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Blandford, Mass. Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation:
Capture of flag.
TALBOTT, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy. Born:
1812, Maine. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April
1865. Citation: Served as captain of the forecastle on board the
U.S.S. Louisville at the capture of the Arkansas post, 10 and 11
January 1863. Carrying out his duties as captain of a 9_inch gun,
Talbott was conspicuous for ability and bravery throughout this
engagement with the enemy.
*TALLENTlNE, JAMES
Rank and organization: Quarter Gunner, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840, England.
Accredited to: Maryland. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Served as quarter gunner on board the U.S.S. Tacony during the taking
of Plymouth, N.C., 31 October 1864. Carrying out his duties faithfully
during the capture of Plymouth, Tallentine distinguished himself
by a display of coolness when he participated in landing and spiking
a 9_inch gun while under devastating fire from enemy musketry. Tallentine
later gave his life while courageously engaged in storming Fort
Fisher, 15 January 1865.
TANNER, CHARLES B.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company H, 1st Delaware
Infantry. Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Entered
service at: Wilmington, Del. Birth: Pennsylvania. Date of issue:
13 December 1889. Citation: Carried off the regimental colors, which
had fallen within 20 yards of the enemy's lines, the color guard
of 9 men having all been killed or wounded; was himself 3 times
wounded.
TAYLOR, ANTHONY
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company A, 15th Pennsylvania
Cavalry. Place and date: At Chickamauga, Ga., 20 September 1863.
Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 11 October 1837, Burlington,
N.J. Date of issue: 4 December 1893. Citation: Held out to the last
with a small force against the advance of superior numbers of the
enemy.
TAYLOR, FORRESTER L.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company H, 23d New Jersey Infantry.
Place and date: At Chancellorsville. Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 2 November 1896.
Citation: At great risk voluntarily saved the lives of and brought
from the battlefield 2 wounded comrades.
TAYLOR, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Armorer, U.S. Navy. Born: 1830, Watertown,
N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Lackawanna during successful attacks against
Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay,
on 5 August 1864. When an enemy shell exploded in the shellroom,
Taylor although wounded went into the room and, with his hand, extinguished
the fire from the explosion. He then carried out his duties during
the remainder of the prolonged action which resulted in the capture
of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction
of Fort Morgan.
TAYLOR, HENRY H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 45th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 25 June 1863. Entered service
at: Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill. Birth: Jo Daviess County, Ill.
Date of issue: 1 September 1893. Citation: Was the first to plant
the Union colors upon the enemy's works.
TAYLOR, JOHN
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Biography not available.
G.O. No.: 71, 15 January 1866. Citation: Seaman in charge of the
picket boat attached to the Navy Yard, New York, 9 September 1865.
Acting with promptness, coolness and good judgment, Taylor rescued
from drowning Commander S. D. Trenchard, of the U.S. Navy, who fell
overboard in attempting to get on a ferryboat, which had collided
with an English steamer, and needed immediate assistance.
TAYLOR, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 7th Rhode Island Infantry.
Place and date: At Weldon Railroad, Va., 18 August 1864. Entered
service at: Burrillville, R.I. Birth: England. Date of issue: 20
July 1897. Citation: While acting as an orderly to a general officer
on the field and alone, encountered a picket of 3 of the enemy and
compelled their surrender.
TAYLOR, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 18th Indiana Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service
at: Martin County, Ind. Birth: Madison County. Ala. Date of issue:
21 November 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
TAYLOR, THOMAS
Rank an_! organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1834, Bangor,
Maine. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation:
Served on board the U.S.S. Metacomet during the action against rebel
forts and gunboats and with the rebel ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay,
5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several
men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Taylor encouraged the
men of the forward pivot gun when the officer in command displayed
cowardice, doing honor to the occasion.
TAYLOR, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Co. H, and 2d Lt. Co. M, 1st Maryland
Inf. Place and date: At Front Royal, Va., 23 May 1862. At Weldon
Railroad, Va., 19 August 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Washington, D.C. Date of issue: 2 August 1897. Citation: When a
sergeant, at Front Royal, Va., he was painfully wounded while obeying
an order to burn a bridge, but, persevering in the attempt, he burned
the bridge and prevented its use by the enemy. Later, at Weldon
Railroad, Va., then a lieutenant, he voluntarily took the place
of a disabled officer and undertook a hazardous reconnaissance beyond
the lines of the army; was taken prisoner in the attempt.
TAYLOR, WILLIAM G.
Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy. Born:
1831, Philadelphia, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 59,
22 June 1865. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Ticonderoga during attacks
on Fort Fisher, 24 and 25 December 1864. As captain of a gun, Taylor
performed his duties with coolness and skill as his ship took position
in the line of battle and delivered its fire on the batteries on
shore. Despite the depressing effect caused when an explosion of
the 100-pounder Parrott rifle killed 8 men and wounded 12 more,
and the enemy's heavy return fire, he calmly remained at his station
during the 2 days' operations.
TERRY, JOHN D.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 23d Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At New Bern, N.C., 14 March 1862. Entered service
at: Boston, Mass. Birth: Montville, Maine. Date of issue: 12 October
1867. Citation: In the thickest of the fight, where he lost his
leg by a shot, still encouraged the men until carried off the field.
THACKRAH, BENJAMIN
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 115th New York Infantry.
Place and date: Near Fort Gates, Fla., 1 April 1864. Entered service
at: Johnsonville, N.Y. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 2 May 1890.
Citation: Was a volunteer in the surprise and capture of the enemy's
picket.
THATCHER, CHARLES M.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service
at: Eastmanville, Mich. Born: 1844, Coldwater, Mich. Date of issue:
31 July 1896. Citation: Instead of retreating or surrendering when
the works were captured, regardless of his personal safety continued
to return the enemy's fire until he was captured.
THAXTER, SIDNEY W.
Rank and organization: Major, 1st Maine Cavalry. Place and date:
At Hatchers Run, Va., 27 October 1864. Entered service at: Bangor
Maine. Birth: Bangor, Maine. Date of issue: 10 September 1897. Citation:
Voluntarily remained and participated in the battle with conspicuous
gallantry, although his term of service had expired and he had been
ordered home to be mustered out.
THIELBERG, HENRY
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833, Germany.
Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation:
Serving temporarily on board the U.S.S. Mount Washington during
the Nansemond River action, 14 April 1863. After assisting in hauling
up and raising the flagstaff, Thielberg volunteered to go up on
the pilothouse and observe the movements of the enemy and although
3 shells struck within a few inches of his head, remained at his
post until ordered to descend.
THOMAS, HAMPTON S.
Rank and organization: Major, 1st Pennsylvania Veteran Cavalry.
Place and date: At Amelia Springs, Va., 5 April 1865. Entered service
at: Pennsylvania. Born: 3 November 1837, Quakertown, Bucks County,
Pa. Date of issue: 15 January 1894. Citation: Conspicuous gallantry
in the capture of a field battery and a number of battle flags and
in the destruction of the enemy's wagon train. Maj. Thomas lost
a leg in this action.
THOMAS, STEPHEN
Rank and organization: Colonel, 8th Vermont Infantry. Place and
date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service at:
Montpelier, Vt. Birth: Vermont. Date of issue: 25 July 1892. Citation:
Distinguished conduct in a desperate hand_to_hand encounter, in
which the advance of the enemy was checked.
THOMPKINS, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 124th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 25 March 1865. Entered service
at: Esport Jervis, N.Y. Birth: Orange County, N.Y. Date of issue:
6 April 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 49th Alabama Infantry
(C.S.A.) from an officer who, with colors in hand, was rallying
his men.
THOMPSON, ALLEN
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 4th New York Heavy Artillery.
Place and date: At White Oak Road, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service
at: Port Jarvis, N.Y. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 22 April
1896. Citation: Made a hazardous reconnaissance through timber and
slashings preceding the Union line of battle, signaling the troops
and leading them through the obstruction.
THOMPSON, CHARLES A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 17th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service
at: Kalamazoo, Mich. Born: 1843, Perrysburg, Ohio. Date of issue:
27 July 1896. Citation: After the regiment was surrounded and all
resistance seemed useless, fought single-handed for the colors and
refused to give them up until he had appealed to his superior officers.
THOMPSON, FREEMAN C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 116th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Monroe County, Ohio. Date of issue: 12 May 1865.
Citation: Was twice knocked from the parapet of Fort Gregg by blows
from the enemy muskets but at the third attempt fought his way into
the works.
THOMPSON, HENRY A.
Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1841,
England. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865.
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Minnesota in the assault on Fort Fisher,
15 January 1865. Landing on the beach with the assaulting party
from his ship, Private Thompson advanced partly through a breach
in the palisades and nearer to the fort than any man from his ship
despite enemy fire which killed or wounded many officers and men.
When more than two_thirds of the men became seized with panic and
retreated on the run, he remained with the party until dark, when
it came safely away, bringing its wounded, its arms and its colors.
THOMPSON, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 4th New York Heavy Artillery.
Place and date: At White Oak Road, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service
at: Sandy Creek, N.Y. Birth: Sandy Creek, N.Y. Date of issue: 22
April 1896. Citation: Made a hazardous reconnaissance through timber
and slashings, preceding the Union line of battle, signaling the
troops and leading them through the obstructions.
THOMPSON, JAMES B.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 1st Pennsylvania Rifles.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service
at: Perrysville, Pa. Birth: Juniata County, Pa. Date of issue: 1
December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 15th Georgia Infantry
(C.S.A.).
THOMPSON, J. (JAMES) HARRY
Rank and organization: Surgeon, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date:
At New Bern, N.C., 14 March 1862. Entered service at: New York.
Birth: England. Date of issue: 11 November 1870. Citation: Voluntarily
reconnoitered the enemy's position and carried orders under the
hottest fire.
THOMPSON, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 1st Maryland Infantry.
Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 6 February 1865. Entered service
at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: Denmark. Date of issue: 10 September 1897.
Citation: As color bearer with most conspicuous gallantry preceded
his regiment in the assault and planted his flag upon the enemy's
works.
THOMPSON, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 66th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 2 May 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Champaign County, Ohio. Date of issue: 16 July
1892. Citation: One of a party of 4 who voluntarily brought into
the Union lines, under fire, a wounded Confederate officer from
whom was obtained valuable information concerning the enemy.
THOMPSON, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Signal Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Entered
service at: Boston, Mass. Birth: Cape May County, N.J. G.O. No.:
17, 10 July 1863. Citation: During action of the main squadron of
ships against heavily defended Forts Beauregard and Walker on Hilton
Head, 7 November 1861. Serving as signal quartermaster on board
the U.S.S. Mohican, Thompson steadfastly steered the ship with a
steady and bold heart under the batteries; was wounded by a piece
of shell but remained at his station until he fell from loss of
blood. Legs since amputated.
THOMPSON, WILLIAM P.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 20th Indiana Infantry.
Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864. Entered service
at: Tippecanoe County, Ind. Birth: Brooklyn, N.Y. Date of issue:
1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 55th Virginia Infantry
(C.S.A.).
THOMSON, CLIFFORD
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company A, 1st New York
Cavalry. Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 2 May 1863. Entered
service at: New York, N.Y. Birth:------. Date of issue: 27 November
1896. Citation: Volunteered to ascertain the character of approaching
troops; rode up so closely as to distinguish the features of the
enemy, and as he wheeled to return they opened fire with musketry,
the Union troops returning same. Under a terrific fire from both
sides Lieutenant Thomson rode back unhurt to the Federal lines,
averting a disaster to the Army by his heroic act.
THORN, WALTER
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company G, 116th U.S.
Colored Troops. Place and date: At Dutch Gap Canal, Va., 1 January
1865. Entered service at:------. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue:
8 December 1898. Citation: After the fuze to the mined bulkhead
had been lit, this officer, learning that the picket guard had not
been withdrawn, mounted the bulkhead and at great personal peril
warned the guard of its danger.
TIBBETS, ANDREW W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 3d Iowa Cavalry. Place
and date: At Columbus, Ga., 16 April 1865. Entered service at: Appanoose
County, Iowa. Birth: Clark County, Ind. Date of issue: 17 June 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag and bearer, Austin's Battery (C.S.A.).
TILTON, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 7th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: At Richmond Campaign, Va., 1864. Entered service
at: Hanover, N.H. Birth: St. Albans, Vt. Date of issue: 20 February
1884. Citation: Gallant conduct in the field.
TINKHAM, EUGENE M.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 148th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Cold Harbor, Va., 3 June 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Sprague, Conn. Date of issue: 5 April 1898. Citation:
Though himself wounded, voluntarily left the rifle pits, crept out
between the lines and, exposed to the severe fire of the enemy's
guns at close range, brought within the lines 2 wounded and helpless
comrades.
TITUS, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 1st New Jersey Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at: New Brunswick, N.J. Birth: Millstone, N.J. Date of issue: 3
July 1865. Citation: Was among the first to check the enemy's countercharge.
TOBAN, JAMES W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 9th Michigan Cavalry.
Place and date: At Aiken, S.C., 11 February 1865. Entered service
at: Northfield, Mich. Born: 1844, Northfield, Mich. Date of issue:
9 July 1896. Citation: Voluntarily and at great personal risk returned,
in the face of the advance of the enemy, and rescued from impending
death or capture, Maj. William C. Stevens, 9th Michigan Cavalry,
who had been thrown from his horse.
TOBIE, EDWARD P.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 1st Maine Cavalry. Place
and date: At Appomattox Campaign, Va., 29 March to 9 April 1865.
Entered service at: Lewiston, Maine. Birth: Lewiston, Maine. Date
of issue: 1 April 1898. Citation: Though severely wounded at Sailors
Creek, 6 April, and at Farmville, 7 April, refused to go to the
hospital, but remained with his regiment, performed the full duties
of adjutant upon the wounding of that officer, and was present for
duty at Appomattox.
TOBIN, JOHN M.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 9th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Malvern Hill, Va., 1 July 1862. Entered
service at: Boston, Mass. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 11 March
1896. Citation: Voluntarily took command of the 9th Massachusetts
while adjutant, bravely fighting from 3 p.m. until dusk, rallying
and re_forming the regiment under fire; twice picked up the regimental
flag, the color bearer having been shot down, and placed it in worthy
hands.
TODD, SAMUEL
Rank and organization. Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1815, Portsmouth,
N.H. Accredited to: New Hampshire. G. O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: Stationed at the conn on board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during
action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee
in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship
and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks
from stem to stern, Todd performed his duties with outstanding skill
and courage throughout the furious battle which resulted in the
surrender of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and
destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
TOFFEY, JOHN J.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company G, 33d New Jersey
Infantry. Place and date. At Chattanooga, Tenn., 23 November 1863.
Entered service at: Hudson, N.J. Birth: Duchess, N.Y. Date of issue:
10 September 1897. Citation: Although excused from duty on account
of sickness, went to the front in command of a storming party and
with conspicuous gallantry participated in the assault of Missionary
Ridge; was here wounded and permanently disabled.
TOMLIN, ANDREW J.
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1844,
Goshen, N.J. Accredited to: New Jersey. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865.
Citation: As corporal of the guard on board the U.S.S. Wabash during
the assault on Fort Fisher, on 15 January 1865. As 1 of 200 marines
assembled to hold a line of entrenchments in the rear of the fort
which the enemy threatened to attack in force following a retreat
in panic by more than two_thirds of the assaulting ground forces,
Cpl. Tomlin took position in line and remained until morning when
relief troops arrived from the fort. When one of his comrades was
struck down by enemy fire, he unhesitatingly advanced under a withering
fire of musketry into an open plain close to the fort and assisted
the wounded man to a place of safety.
TOMPKINS, AARON B.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 1st New Jersey Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 5 April 1865. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Orange, Essex County, N.J. Date of issue: 3 July
1865. Citation: Charged into the enemy's ranks and captured a battle
flag, having a horse shot under him and his cheeks and shoulders
cut with a saber.
TOMPKINS, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Fairfax, Va., 1 June 1861. Entered service at: Brooklyn,
N.Y. Birth: Fort Monroe, Va. Date of issue: 13 November 1893. Citation:
Twice charged through the enemy's lines and, taking a carbine from
an enlisted man, shot the enemy's captain.
TOOHEY, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 24th Wisconsin Infantry.
Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: Unknown. Citation:
Gallantry in action; voluntarily assisting in working guns of battery
near right of the regiment after nearly every man had left them,
the fire of the enemy being hotter at this than at any other point
on the line.
TOOMER, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 127th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Chicago, Ill. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 9 July 1894. Citation:
Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
TORGLER, ERNST
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 37th Ohio Infantry
Place and date: At Ezra Chapel, Ga., 28 July 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 10 May 1894. Citation:
At great hazard of his life he saved his commanding officer, then
badly wounded, from capture.
TOZIER, ANDREW J.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 20th Maine Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service
at: Plymouth, Maine. Birth: Monmouth, Maine. Date of issue: 13 August
1898. Citation: At the crisis of the engagement this soldier, a
color bearer, stood alone in an advanced position, the regiment
having been borne back, and defended his colors with musket and
ammunition picked up at his feet.
TRACY, AMASA A.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 2d Vermont Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service
at: Middlebury, Vt. Birth: Maine. Date of issue: 24 June 1892. Citation:
Took command of and led the brigade in the assault on the enemy's
works.
TRACY, BENJAMIN F.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 109th New York Infantry. Place
and date: At Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864. Entered service at: Owego,
N.Y. Born: 26 April 1830, Owego, N.Y. Date of issue: 21 June 1895.
Citation: Seized the colors and led the regiment when other regiments
had retired and then reformed his line and held it.
TRACY, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 37th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864; At
Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Springfield,
Mass. Birth: Jewett City, Conn. Date of issue: 19 November 1897.
Citation: At the risk of his own life, at Spotsylvania, 12 May 1864,
assisted in carrying to a place of safety a wounded and helpless
officer. On 2 April 1865, advanced with the pioneers, and, under
heavy fire, assisted in removing 2 lines of chevaux_de_frise; was
twice wounded but advanced to the third line, where he was again
severely wounded, losing a leg.
TRACY, WILLIAM G.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company I, 122d New York
Infantry. Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 2 May 1863.
Entered service at: Onondaga County, N.Y. Birth: Onondaga, N.Y.
Date of issue: 2 May 1895. Citation: Having been sent outside the
lines to obtain certain information of great importance and having
succeeded in his mission, was surprised upon his return by a large
force of the enemy, regaining the Union lines only after greatly
imperiling his life.
TRAYNOR, ANDREW
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 1st Michigan Cavalry.
Place and date: At Mason's Hill, Va., 16 March 1864. Entered service
at: Rome, N.Y. Birth: Newark, N.J. Date of issue: 28 September 1897.
Citation: Having been surprised and captured by a detachment of
guerrillas, this soldier, with other prisoners, seized the arms
of the guard over them, killed 2 of the guerrillas, and enabled
all the prisoners to escape.
TREAT, HOWELL B.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 52d Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Buzzard's Roost, Ga., 11 May 1864. Entered service
at: Painesville, Ohio. Birth: Painesville, Ohio. Date of issue:
14 August 1894. Citation: Risked his life in saving a wounded comrade.
TREMAIN, HENRY E.
Rank and organization: Major and Aide_de_Camp, U.S. Volunteers.
Place and date: At Resaca, Ga., 15 May 1864. Entered service at:
New York, N.Y. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 30 June 1892.
Citation: Voluntarily rode between the lines while 2 brigades of
Union troops were firing into each other and stopped the firing.
TRIBE, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 5th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Waterloo Bridge, Va., 25 August 1862. Entered
service at: Oswego, N.Y. Birth: Tioga County, N.Y. Date of issue:
11 June 1895. Citation: Voluntarily assisted in the burning and
destruction of the bridge under heavy fire of the enemy.
TRIPP, OTHNIEL
Rank and organization: Chief Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born:
1826, Maine. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Seneca in the assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January
1865. Despite severe enemy fire which halted an attempt by his assaulting
party to enter the stockade, Tripp boldly charged through the gap
in the stockade although the center of the line, being totally unprotected,
fell back along the open beach and left too few in the ranks to
attempt an offensive operation.
TROGDEN, HOWELL G.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th Missouri Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: St. Louis, Mo. Born: 1840, Cedar Falls, N.C. Date of issue:
3 August 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer
storming party." He carried his regiment's flag and tried to borrow
a gun to defend it.
TRUELL, EDWIN M.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 12th Wisconsin Infantry.
Place and date: Near Atlanta, Ga., 21 July 1864. Entered service
at: Mauston, Wis. Birth: Lowell, Mass. Date of issue: 11 March 1870.
Citation: Although severely wounded in a charge, he remained with
the regiment until again severely wounded, losing his leg.
TRUETT, ALEXANDER H.
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1834, Baltimore,
Md. Accredited to: Maryland. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and
gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864.
Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board
as enemy fire raked her decks, Truett performed his duties with
skill and courage throughout a furious 2_hour battle which resulted
in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging
and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
TUCKER, ALLEN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 10th Connecticut Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at: Sprague, Conn. Birth: Lyme, Conn. Date of issue: 12 May 1865.
Citation: Gallantry as color bearer in the assault on Fort Gregg.
TUCKER, JACOB. R.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 4th Maryland Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service
at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: Chester County, Pa. Date of issue: 22
April 1871. Citation: Was 1 of the 3 soldiers most conspicuous in
the final assault.
TWEEDALE, JOHN
Rank and organization. Private, Company B, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and date: At Stone River, Tenn., 31 December 1862_1 January
1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 10 June 1841,
Frankford, Pa. Date of issue: 18 November 1887. Citation: Gallantry
in action.
TWOMBLY, VOLTAIRE P.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 2d Iowa Infantry. Place
and date: At Fort Donelson, Tenn., 15 February 1862. Entered service
at: Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa. Birth: Van Buren County, Iowa. Date of issue: 12 March 1897. Citation: Took the colors after
3 of the color guard had fallen, and although most instantly knocked
down by a spent ball, immediately arose and bore the colors to the
end of the engagement.
TYRRELL, GEORGE WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 5th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Resaca, Ga., 14 May 1864. Entered service at:
Hamilton County, Ohio. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 7 April 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag.
UHRL, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Light Battery F, 5th U.S. Artillery.
Place and date: At White Oak Swamp Bridge, Va.. 30 June 1862. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 4 April 1898.
Citation: Was 1 of a party of 3 who, under heavy fire of advancing
enemy, voluntarily secured and saved from capture a field gun belonging
to another battery, and which had been deserted by its officers
and men.
URELL, M. EMMET
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 82d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Bristoe Station, Va., 14 October 1863. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 6 June 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in action while detailed as color bearer; was
severely wounded.
VALE, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 2d Minnesota Infantry.
Place and date: At Nolensville, Tenn., 15 February 1863. Entered
service at: Rochester, Minn. Birth: England. Date of issue: 11 September
1897. Citation: Was one of a detachment of 16 men who heroically
defended a wagon train against the attack of 125 cavalry, repulsed
the attack and saved the train.
VANCE, WILSON
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 21st Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Stone River, Tenn., 31 December 1862. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Hancock County, Ohio. Date of issue:
17 September 1897. Citation: Voluntarily and under a heavy fire,
while his command was falling back, rescued a wounded and helpless
comrade from death or capture.
VANDERSLICE, JOHN M.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 6 February 1865. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 1 September
1893. Citation: Was the first man to reach the enemy's rifle pits,
which were taken in the charge.
VAN MATRE, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 116th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Mason County, W. Va. Date of issue: 12 May 1865.
Citation: In the assault on Fort Gregg, this soldier climbed upon
the parapet and fired down into the fort as fast as the loaded guns
could be passed up to him by comrades.
VANTINE, JOSEPH E.
Rank and organization: First Class Fireman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1835,
Philadelphia, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 17, 10
July 1863. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Richmond in the
attack on Port Hudson, 14 March 1863. Damaged by a 6_inch solid
rifle shot which shattered the starboard safety_valve chamber and
also damaged the port safety valve, the fireroom of the Richmond
immediately filled with steam to place it in an extremely critical
condition. Acting courageously in this crisis, Vantine persisted
in penetrating the steam_filled room in order to haul the hot fires
of the furnaces and continued this action until the gravity of the
situation had been lessened.
VAN WINKLE, EDWARD (EDWIN)
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 148th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered
service at: Phelps, N.Y. Birth: Phelps, N.Y. Date of issue: 6 April
1865. Citation: Took position in advance of the skirmish line and
drove the enemy's cannoneers from their guns.
VAUGHN, PINKERTON R.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1839,
Downingtown, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July
1863. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Mississippi during her
abandonment and firing in the action with the Port Hudson batteries,
14 March 1863. During the abandonment of the Mississippi which had
to be grounded, Sgt. Vaughn rendered invaluable assistance to his
commanding officer, remaining with the ship until all the crew had
landed and the ship had been fired to prevent its falling into enemy
hands. Persistent until the last, and conspicuously cool under the
heavy shellfire, Sgt. Vaughn was finally ordered to save himself
as he saw fit.
VEAL, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 4th U.S. Colored Troops.
Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered
service at: Portsmouth, Va. Birth: Portsmouth Va. Date of issue:
6 April 1865. Citation: Seized the national colors after 2 color
bearers had been shot down close to the enemy's works, and bore
them through the remainder of the battle.
VEALE, MOSES
Rank and organization: Captain, Company F, 109th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Wauhatchie, Tenn., 28 October 1863. Entered service
at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born. 9 November 1832, Bridgeton, N.J. Date
of issue: 17 January 1894. Citation: Gallantry in action manifesting
throughout the engagement coolness, zeal, judgment, and courage.
His horse was shot from under him and he was hit by 4 enemy bullets.
VEAZEY, WHEELOCK G.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 16th Vermont Infantry. Place and
date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Springfield,
Vt. Born: 5 December 1835, Brentwood, N.H. Date of issue: 8 September
1891. Citation: Rapidly assembled his regiment and charged the enemy's
flank; charged front under heavy fire, and charged and destroyed
a Confederate brigade, all this with new troops in their first battle.
VERNAY, JAMES D.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company B, 11th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg Miss., 22 April 1863. Entered
service at: Lacon, Marshall County, Ill. Birth: Lacon, Ill. Date
of issue: 1 April 1898. Citation: Served gallantly as a volunteer
with the crew of the steamer Horizon that, under a heavy fire, passed
the Confederate batteries.
VERNEY, JAMES W.
Rank and organization: Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1834
Maine. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation.
Served as chief quartermaster on board the U.S.S. Pontoosuc during
the capture of Fort Fisher and Wilmington, 24 December 1864 to 22
February 1865. Carrying out his duties faithfully throughout this
period, Verney was recommended for gallantry and skill and for his
cool courage while under fire of the enemy throughout these various
actions.
VIFQUAIN, VICTOR
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 97th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service
at: Saline County, Nebr. Birth: Belgium. Date of issue: 8 June 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag.
VON VEGESACK, ERNEST
Rank and organization: Major and Aide_de_Camp, U.S. Volunteers.
Place and date: At Gaines Mill, Va., 27 June 1862. Entered service
at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Sweden. Date of issue: 23 August 1893.
Citation: While voluntarily serving as aide_de_camp, successfully
and advantageously charged the position of troops under fire.
WAGEMAN, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 60th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service
at: Amelia, Ohio. Birth: Clermont County, Ohio. Date of issue: 27
July 1896. Citation: Remained with the command after being severely
wounded until he had fired all the cartridges in his possession,
when he had to be carried from the field.
WAGG, MAURICE
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1837, England.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Served on board the U.S.S. Rhode Island, which was engaged in saving
the lives of the officers and crew of the Monitor off Hatteras,
31 December 1862. Participating in the hazardous task of rescuing
the officers and crew of the sinking Monitor, Wagg distinguished
himself by meritorious conduct during this operation.
WAGNER, JOHN W.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 8th Missouri Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: St. Louis, Mo. Born: 1844, Clear Spring, Md. Date of issue:
14 December 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer
storming party."
WAINWRIGHT, JOHN
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company F, 97th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Fisher, N.C., 15 January 1865.
Entered service at: West Chester, Pa. Born: 13 July 1839, Syracuse,
Onondaga County, N.Y. Date of issue: 24 June 1890. Citation: Gallant
and meritorious conduct, where, as first lieutenant, he commanded
the regiment.
WALKER, JAMES C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 31st Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered
service at: Springfield, Ohio. Birth: Clark County, Ohio. Date of
issue: 25 November 1895. Citation: After 2 color bearers had fallen,
seized the flag and carried it forward, assisting in the capture
of a battery. Shortly thereafter he captured the flag of the 41st
Alabama and the color bearer.
WALKER, DR. MARY E.
Rank and organization: Contract Acting Assistant Surgeon (civilian),
U. S. Army. Places and dates: Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861;
Patent Office Hospital, Washington, D.C., October 1861; Chattanooga,
Tenn., following Battle of Chickomauga, September 1863; Prisoner
of War, April 10, 1864-August 12, 1864, Richmond, Va.; Battle of
Atlanta, September 1864. Entered service at: Louisville, Ky. Born:
26 November 1832, Oswego County, N.Y. Citation: Whereas it appears
from official reports that Dr. Mary E. Walker, a graduate of medicine,
"has rendered valuable service to the Government, and her efforts
have been earnest and untiring in a variety of ways," and that she
was assigned to duty and served as an assistant surgeon in charge
of female prisoners at Louisville, Ky., upon the recommendation
of Major-Generals Sherman and Thomas, and faithfully served as contract
surgeon in the service of the United States, and has devoted herself
with much patriotic zeal to the sick and wounded soliders, both
in the field and hospitals, to the detriment of her own health,
and has also endured hardships as a prisoner of war four months
in a Southern prison while acting as contract surgeon; and Whereas
by reason of her not being a commissioned officer in the military
service, a brevet or honorary rank cannot, under existing laws,
be conferred upon her; and
Whereas in the opinion of the President an honorable recognition
of her services and sufferings should be made:
It is ordered, That a testimonial thereof shall be hereby made and
given to the said Dr. Mary E. Walker, and that the usual medal of
honor for meritorious services be given her.
Given under my hand in the city of Washington, D.C., this 11th
day of November, A.D. 1865.
Andrew Johnson,
President
(Medal rescinded 1917 along with 910 others, restored by President
Carter 10 June 1977.)
WALL, JERRY
Rank and organization. Private, Company B, 126th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service
at: Milo, N.Y. Birth: Geneva, N.Y. Date of issue: 1 December 1864.
Citation: Capture of flag.
WALLER, FRANCIS A.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 6th Wisconsin Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service
at: DeSoto, Vernon County, Wis. Birth: Gurney, Ohio. Date of issue:
1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 2d Mississippi Infantry
(C.S.A.).
WALLING, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company C, 142d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Fort Fisher, N.C., 25 December 1864. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Hartford, N.Y. Date of issue: 28 March
1892. Citation: During the bombardment of the fort by the fleet,
captured and brought the flag of the fort, the flagstaff having
been shot down.
WALSH, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 5th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 26 October 1864. Citation:
Recaptured the flag of the 15th New Jersey Infantry.
WALTON, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization. Private, Company C, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Fort Hell, Petersburg, Va., 29 August 1864. Entered
service at: Upper Oxford, Pa. Birth: Chester, Pa. Date of issue:
6 August 1902. Citation: Went outside the trenches, under heavy
fire at short range, and rescued a comrade who had been wounded
and thrown out of the trench by an exploding shell.
WAMBSGAN, MARTIN
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 90th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service
at: Cayuga County, N.Y. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 3 November
1896. Citation: While the enemy were in close proximity, this soldier
sprang forward and bore off in safety the regimental colors, the
color bearer having fallen on the field of battle.
WARD, JAMES
Rank and organization: Quarter Gunner, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833, New
York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: Serving as gunner on board the U.S.S. Lackawanna during
successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram
Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Although wounded and ordered
below, Ward refused to go, but rendered aid at one of the guns when
the crew was disabled. He subsequently remained in the chains, heaving
the lead, until nearly caught in the collision with the ram Tennessee.
He continued to serve bravely throughout the action which resulted
in the capture of the prize ram Tennessee and in the damaging and
destruction of Fort Morgan.
WARD, NELSON W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company M, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and date: At Staunton River Bridge, Va., 25 June 1864. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Columbiana County, Ohio. Date of issue:
10 September 1897. Citation: Voluntarily took part in a charge;
went alone in front of his regiment under a heavy fire to secure
the body of his captain, who had been killed in the action.
WARD, THOMAS J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 116th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Macon County, Ill. Birth: Romney, W. Va. Date of issue: 27 July
1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming
party."
WARD, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 3 May 1863. Entered service
at: Adrian, Mich. Born: 9 December 1840, Adrian, Mich. Date of issue:
2 January 1895. Citation: Voluntarily commanded the expedition which,
under cover of darkness, attempted to run the enemy's batteries.
WARDEN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 55th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Lemont, Ill. Birth: Cook County, Ill. Date of issue: 2 September
1893. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming
party."
WARFEL, HENRY C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and date: At Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Huntington, Pa. Date of issue: 3 May
1865. Citation: Capture of Virginia State colors.
WARREN, DAVID
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1836, Scotland.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Served as coxswain on board the U.S.S. Monticello during the reconnaissance
of the harbor and water defenses of Wilmington, N.C., 23 to 25 June
1864. Taking part in a reconnaissance of enemy defenses which lasted
2 days and nights, Warren courageously carried out his duties during
this action which resulted in the capture of a mail carrier and
mail, the cutting of a telegraph wire, and the capture of a large
group of prisoners. Although in immediate danger from the enemy,
Warren showed gallantry and coolness throughout this action which
resulted in the gaining of much vital information of the rebel defenses.
WARREN, FRANCIS E.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 49th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Port Hudson, La., 27 May 1863. Entered
service at: Hinsdale, Mass. Birth: Hinsdale, Mass. Date of issue:
30 September 1893. Citation: Volunteered in response to a call,
and took part in the movement that was made upon the enemy's works
under a heavy fire therefrom in advance of the general assault.
WEBB, ALEXANDER S.
Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: New
York, N.Y. Born: 15 February 1835, New York, N.Y. Date of issue:
28 September 1891. Citation: Distinguished personal gallantry in
leading his men forward at a critical period in the contest.
WEBB, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 5th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Bull Run, Va., 30 August 1862. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Brooklyn, N.Y. Date of issue: 17 September 1897.
Citation: Under heavy fire voluntarily carried information to a
battery commander that enabled him to save his guns from capture.
Was severely wounded, but refused to go to the hospital and participated
in the remainder of the campaign.
WEBBER, ALASON P.
Rank and organization: Musician, 86th Illinois Infantry. Place
and date: At Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., 27 June 1864. Entered service
at: Illinois. Birth: Greene County, N.Y. Date of issue: 22 June
1896. Citation: Voluntarily joined in a charge against the enemy,
which was repulsed, and by his rapid firing in the face of the enemy
enabled many of the wounded to return to the Federal lines; with
others, held the advance of the enemy while temporary works were
being constructed.
WEBSTER, HENRY S.
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1845, Stockholm,
N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 49, 22 June 1865. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Susquehanna during the assault on Fort Fisher,
15 January 1865. When enemy fire halted the attempt by his landing
party to enter the fort and more than two_thirds of the men fell
back along the open beach, Webster voluntarily remained with one
of his wounded officers, under fire, until aid could be obtained
to bring him to the rear.
WEEKS, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Captain of the Foretop, U.S. Navy. Born:
1837, New Jersey. Accredited to: New Jersey. G.O. No.: 84, 3 October
1867. Citation: Served as captain of the foretop on board the U.S.S.
Montauk, 21 September 1864. During the night of 21 September, when
fire was discovered in the magazine lightroom of that vessel, causing
a panic and demoralizing the crew, Weeks, notwithstanding the cry
of "fire in the magazine," displayed great presence of mind and
rendered valuable service in extinguishing the flames which were
imperiling the ship and the men on board.
WEEKS, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 152d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service
at: Hartwick Seminary, N.Y. Born: 15 March 1845, Hampton, Conn.
Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag and color
bearer using an empty cocked rifle while outnumbered 5 or 6.
WEIR, HENRY C.
Rank and organization: Captain and Assistant Adjutant General,
U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At St. Mary's Church, Va., 24 June
1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: West Point, N.Y. Date of
issue: 18 Nay 1899. Citation: The division being hard pressed and
falling back, this officer dismounted, gave his horse to a wounded
officer, and thus enabled him to escape. Afterwards, on foot, Captain
Weir rallied and took command of some stragglers and helped to repel
the last charge of the enemy.
WELCH, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 11th Missouri Infantry.
Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service
at: Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa. Birth: Brown County, Iowa. Date of
issue: 24 February 1965 Citation: Captured the flag of the 13th
Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.).
WELCH, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 37th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered
service at: Williamstown, Mass. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 10
May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
WELCH, STEPHEN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 154th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Dug Gap, Ga., 8 May 1864. Entered service at:
Allegany, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Birth: Groton, N.Y. Date of issue:
13 April 1894. Citation: Risked his life in rescuing a wounded comrade
under fire of the enemy.
*WELLS, HENRY S.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 148th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered
service at: Phelps, N.Y. Birth: ------. Date of issue: 6 April 1865.
Citation: With 2 comrades, took position in advance of the skirmish
line, within short distance of the enemy's gunners, and drove them
from their guns.
WELLS, THOMAS M.
Rank and organization: Chief Bugler, 6th New York Cavalry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service
at: DeKalb, N.Y. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 26 October 1864.
Citation: Capture of colors of 44th Georgia Infantry (C.S.A.).
WELLS, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Major, 1st Vermont Cavalry. Place and date:
At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Waterbury,
Vt. Born: 14 December 1837, Waterbury, Vt. Date of issue: 8 September
1891. Citation: Led the second battalion of his regiment in a daring
charge.
WELLS, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1832, Germany.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
As landsman and lookout on board the U.S.S. Richmond during action
against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile
Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship the loss of several
men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Wells performed his
duties with skill and courage throughout a furious 2_hour battle
which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in
the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
WELSH, EDWARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 54th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Cincinnati, Ohio. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 11 May 1894.
Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
WELSH, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 4th Rhode Island Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service
at: Slatersville, R.I. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 3 June 1905.
Citation: Bore off the regimental colors after the color sergeant
had been wounded and the color corporal bearing the colors killed
thereby saving the colors from capture.
WESTERHOLD, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 52d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Prussia. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation:
Capture of flag of 23d Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
WESTON, JOHN F.
Rank and organization: Major, 4th Kentucky Cavalry. Place and date:
Near Wetumpka, Ala., 13 April 1865. Entered service at: Kentucky.
Birth: Kentucky. Date of issue: 9 April 1898. Citation: This officer,
with a small detachment, while en route to destroy steamboats loaded
with supplies for the enemy, was stopped by an unfordable river,
but with 5 of his men swam the river, captured 2 leaky canoes, and
ferried his men across. He then encountered and defeated the enemy,
and on reaching Wetumpka found the steamers anchored in midstream.
By a ruse obtained possession of a boat, with which he reached the
steamers and demanded and received their surrender.
WHEATON, LOYD
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 8th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service
at: Illinois. Born: 15 July 1838, Calhoun County, Mich. Date of
issue: 16 January 1894. Citation: Led the right wing of his regiment,
and, springing through an embrasure, was the first to enter the
enemy's works, against a strong fire of artillery and infantry.
WHEELER, DANIEL D.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company G, 4th Vermont
Infantry. Place and date: At Salem Heights, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered
service at: Cavendish, Vt. Birth: Cavendish, Vt. Date of issue:
28 March 1892. Citation: Distinguished bravery in action where he
was wounded and had a horse shot from under him.
WHEELER, HENRY W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 2d Maine Infantry. Place
and date: At Bull Run, Va., 21 July 1861. Entered service at: Bangor,
Maine. Born: 1842, Fort Smith, Ark. Date of issue: 5 April 1898.
Citation: Voluntarily accompanied his commanding officer and assisted
in removing the dead and wounded from the field under a heavy fire
of artillery and musketry.
WHERRY, WILLIAM M.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company D, 3d U.S. Reserve
Missouri Infantry. Place and date: At Wilsons Creek, Mo., 10 August
1861. Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo. Born: 13 September 1836,
St. Louis, Mo. Date of issue: 30 October 1895. Citation: Displayed
conspicuous coolness and heroism in rallying troops that were recoiling
under heavy fire.
WHITAKER, EDWARD W.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company E, 1st Connecticut Cavalry.
Place and date: At Reams Station, Va., 29 June 1864. Entered service
at: Ashford, Conn. Born: 15 June 1841, Killingly, Conn. Date of
issue: 2 April 1898. Citation: While acting as an aide voluntarily
carried dispatches from the commanding general to Gen. Meade, forcing
his way with a single troop of Cavalry, through an Infantry division
of the enemy in the most distinguished manner, though he lost half
his escort.
WHITE, ADAM
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 11th West Virginia
Infantry. Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered
service at: Parkersburg, W. Va. Birth: Switzerland. Date of issue:
13 June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
WHITE, J. HENRY
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Rappanhannock Station, Va., 23 August 1862. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 5 May
1900. Citation: At the imminent risk of his life, crawled to a nearby
spring within the enemy's range and exposed to constant fire filled
a large number of canteens, and returned in safety to the relief
of his comrades who were suffering from want of water.
WHITE, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Captain of the Gun, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840,
Washington, D.C. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June
1865. Citation: White served on board the U.S.S. New Ironsides during
action in several attacks on Fort Fisher, 24 and 25 December 1864;
and 13,14, and 15 January 1865. The ship steamed in and took the
lead in the ironclad division close inshore and immediately opened
its starboard battery in a barrage of well_directed fire to cause
several fires and explosions and dismount several guns during the
first 2 days of fighting. Taken under fire as she steamed into position
on 13 January, the New Ironsides fought all day and took on ammunition
at night despite severe weather conditions. When the enemy came
out of his bombproofs to defend the fort against the storming party,
the ships battery disabled nearly every gun on the fort facing the
shore before the ceasefire order was given by the flagship.
WHITE, PATRICK H.
Rank and organization: Captain, Chicago Mercantile Battery, Illinois
Light Artillery. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863.
Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Born: 1833, Ireland. Date of issue:
15 January 1895. Citation: Carried with others by hand a cannon
up to and fired it through an embrasure of the enemy's works.
WHITEHEAD, JOHN M.
Rank and organization: Chaplain, 15th Indiana Infantry. Place and
date: At Stone River, Tenn., 31 December 1862. Entered service at:
Westville, Ind. Born: 6 March 1823, Wayne County, Ind. Date of issue:
4 April 1898. Citation: Went to the front during a desperate contest
and unaided carried to the rear several wounded and helpless soldiers.
WHITFIELD, DANIEL
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1821, Newark,
N.J. Accredited to: New Jersey. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: Serving as quartermaster on board the U.S.S. Lackawanna
during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and
the rebel ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Acting as
captain of a gun, Whitfield coolly stood by his gun, holding on
to the lock string and waited alongside the rebel ram Tennessee
until able to fire the shot that entered her port. Whitfield courageously
carried out his duties during the prolonged action which resulted
in the capture of the prize ram Tennessee and in the damaging and
destruction of Fort Morgan.
WHITMAN, FRANK M.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 35th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. At Spotsylvania,
Va., 18 May 1864. Entered service at: Ayersville, Mass. Birth: Woodstock,
Maine. Date of issue: 21 February 1874. Citation: Was among the
last to leave the field at Antietam and was instrumental in saving
the lives of several of his comrades at the imminent risk of his
own. At Spotsylvania was foremost in line in the assault, where
he lost a leg.
WHITMORE, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 119th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Ft. Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service
at: Camden, Schuyler County, Ill. Birth: Brown County, Ill. Date
of issue: 8 June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
WHITNEY, WILLIAM G.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 11th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Chickamauga, Ga., 20 September 1863. Entered
service at: Quincy, Mich. Born. 13 December 1840, Allen, Mich. Date
of issue: 21 October 1895. Citation: As the enemy were about to
charge, this officer went outside the temporary Union works among
the dead and wounded enemy and at great exposure to himself cut
off and removed their cartridge boxes, bringing the same within
the Union lines, the ammunition being used with good effect in again
repulsing the attack.
WHITTIER, EDWARD N.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 5th Battery, Maine Light
Artillery. Place and date: At Fishers Hill, Va., 22 September 1864.
Entered service at: Gorham, Maine. Birth: Portland, Maine. Date
of issue: 13 January 1892. Citation: While acting as assistant adjutant
general, Artillery brigade, 6th Army Corps, went over the enemy's
works, mounted, with the assaulting column, to gain quicker possession
of the guns and to turn them upon the enemy.
WIDICK, ANDREW J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 116th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Decatur, Macon County, Ill. Birth: Macon County, Ill. Date of
issue: 11 August 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the
"volunteer storming party."
WILCOX, FRANKLIN L.
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1831,
Paris, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865.
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Minnesota in action during the assault
on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. Landing on the beach with the assaulting
party from his ship, Wilcox advanced to the top of the sandhill
and partly through the breach in the palisades despite enemy fire
which killed and wounded many officers and men. When more than two-thirds
of the men became seized with panic and retreated on the run, he
remained with the party until dark when it came safely away, bringing
its wounded, its arms and its colors.
WILCOX, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 9th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service
at: Lempster, N.H. Birth: Lempster, N.H. Date of issue: 28 July
1896. Citation: Took command of his company, deployed as skirmishers,
after the officers in command of the skirmish line had both been
wounded, conducting himself gallantly; afterwards, becoming separated
from command, he asked and obtained permission to fight in another
company.
WILEY, JAMES
Rank and organization. Sergeant, Company B, 59th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ohio. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation:
Capture of flag of a Georgia regiment.
WILHELM, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Captain, Company F, 56th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Champion Hill, or Bakers Creek, Miss., 16 May
1863. Entered service at: Lancaster, Ohio. Born: 2 April 1830, Scioto
County, Ohio. Date of issue: 17 November 1887. Citation: Having
been badly wounded in the breast and captured, he made a prisoner
of his captor and brought him into camp.
WILKES, HENRY
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1845, New York,
N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Wilkes served on board U.S. Picket Boat No. 1 in action, 27 October
1864, against the Confederate Ram, Albemarle, which had resisted
repeated attacks by our steamers and had kept a large force of vessels
employed in watching her. The picket boat, equipped with a spar
torpedo, succeeded in passing the enemy pickets within 20 yards
without being discovered and them made for the Albemarle under a
full head of steam. Immediately taken under fire by the ram, the
small boat plunged on, jumped the log boom which encircled the target
and exploded its torpedo under the port bow of the ram. The picket
boat was destroyed by enemy fire and almost the entire crew taken
prisoner or lost.
WILKES, PERRY
Rank and organization: Pilot, U.S. Navy. Entered service at: Indiana.
Born: 6 June 1830, Indiana. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Served as pilot on board the U.S.S. Signal, Red River, 5 May 1864.
Proceeding up the Red River, the U.S.S. Signal engaged a large force
of enemy field batteries and sharpshooters, returning their fire
until the ship was totally disabled, at which time the white flag
was ordered raised. Acting as pilot throughout the battle, Wilkes
stood by his wheel until it was disabled in his hands by a bursting
enemy shell.
WILKINS, LEANDER A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 9th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Lancaster, N.H. Date of issue: 1 December 1864.
Citation: Recaptured the colors of 21st Massachusetts Infantry in
a hand_to_hand encounter.
WILLCOX, ORLANDO B.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 1st Michigan Infantry. Place and
date: At Bull Run, Va., 21 July 1861. Entered service at: Detroit,
Mich. Birth: Detroit, Mich. Date of issue: 2 March 1895. Citation:
Led repeated charges until wounded and taken prisoner.
WILLIAMS, ANTHONY
Rank and organization: Sailmaker's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1822,
Plymouth, Mass. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865.
Citation: Served as sailmaker's mate on board the U.S.S. Pontoosuc
during the capture of Fort Fisher and Wilmington, 24 December 1864
to 22 February 1865. Carrying out his duties faithfully throughout
this period, Williams was recommended for gallantry and skill and
for his cool courage while under the fire of the enemy throughout
these various actions.
WILLIAMS, AUGUSTUS
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1842, Norway. Accredited
to: Massachusetts. G.O. No: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On board
the U.S.S. Santiago de Cuba during the assault by the fleet on Fort
Fisher, on 15 January 1865. When the landing party to which he was
attached charged on the fort with a cheer, and with determination
to plant their colors on the ramparts, Williams remained steadfast
when they reached the foot of the fort and more than two_thirds
of the marines and sailors fell back in panic. Taking cover when
the enemy concentrated his fre on the remainder of the group, he
alone remained with his executive officer, subsequently withdrawing
from the field after dark.
WILLIAMS, ELWOOD N.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 28th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Shiloh, Tenn., 6 April 1862. Entered service
at: Havanna, Ill. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 28 September
1897. Citation: A box of ammunition having been abandoned between
the lines, this soldier voluntarily went forward with one companion,
under a heavy fire from both armies, secured the box, and delivered
it within the line of his regiment, his companion being mortally
wounded.
WILLIAMS, GEORGE C.
Rank and organization: Quartermaster Sergeant, 1st Battalion, 14th
U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Gaines Mill, Va., 27 June 1862.
Entered service at:------. Birth: England. Date of issue: 28 August
1897. Citation: While on duty with the wagon train as quartermaster
sergeant he voluntarily left his place of safety in the rear, joined
a company, and fought with distinguished gallantry through the action.
WILLIAMS, JOHN
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Entered service
at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Elizabethtown, N.J. G.O. No: 17, 10 July
1863. Citation: Captain of an 11_inch gun aboard the U.S.S. Mohican
during action of the main squadron of ships against the heavily
defended Forts Beauregard and Walker on Hilton Head, and against
ships of the Confederate Fleet, 7 November 1861. Cool and courageous
at his battle station, Williams maintained steady fire against the
enemy while under the fort batteries during a 4_hour engagement
which resulted in silencing the batteries of the forts and in the
rout of the rebel steamers.
WILLIAMS, JOHN
Rank and organization: Captain of the Maintop, U.S. Navy. Born:
1828, New Orleans, La. Accredited to: Louisiana. G.O. No.: 11, 3
April 1863. Citation: Serving as captain of the maintop of the U.S.S.
Pawnee in the attack upon Mathias Point, 26 June 1861, Williams
told his men, while lying off in the boat, that every man must die
on his thwart sooner than leave a man behind. Although wounded by
a musket ball in the thigh he retained the charge of his boat; and
when the staff was shot away, held the stump in his hand, with the
flag, until alongside the Freeborn.
WILLIAMS, JOHN
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1832, Pennsylvania.
Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Commodore Perry in the attack upon Franklin,
Va., 3 October 1862. With enemy fire raking the deck of his ship
and blockades thwarting her progress, Williams remained at his post
and performed his duties with skill and courage as the Commodore
Perry fought a gallant battle to silence many rebel batteries as
she steamed down the Blackwater River.
WILLIAMS, LE ROY
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 8th New York Heavy
Artillery. Place and date: At Cold Harbor, Va., 3 June 1864. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Oswego, N.Y. Date of issue: 1 April 1898.
Citation: Voluntarily exposed himself to the fire of the enemy's
sharpshooters and located the body of his colonel who had been killed
close to the enemy's lines. Under cover of darkness, with 4 companions,
he recovered the body and brought it within the Union lines, having
approached within a few feet of the Confederate pickets while so
engaged.
WILLIAMS, PETER
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1831, Norway, Accredited
to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Serving
on board the U.S.S. Ironclad Steamer Monitor, Hampton Roads, 9 March
1862. During the engagement between the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S.
Merrimack, Williams gallantly served throughout the engagement as
quartermaster, piloting the Monitor throughout the battle in which
the Merrimack, after being damaged, retired from the scene of the
battle.
WILLIAMS, ROBERT
Rank and organization: Signal Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1837,
New York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863.
Citation: Serving as quartermaster on board the U.S.S. Benton during
the Yazoo River Expedition, 23 to 27 December 1862. Taking part
in the hour_and_a_half engagement with the enemy at Drumgould's
Bluff, 27 December, Williams served courageously throughout that
battle against hostile forces in which the enemy had the dead range
of the vessel and were punishing her with heavy fire and, for various
other action in which he took part during the Yazoo River Expedition.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840, Ireland.
Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Lehigh, Charleston Harbor, 16 November 1863,
during the hazardous task of freeing the Lehigh, which had been
grounded, and was under heavy enemy fire from Fort Moultrie. After
several previous attempts had been made, Williams 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.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 82d Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: At Peach Tree Creek, Ga., 20 July 1864. Entered service
at: Miami County, Ohio. Birth: Hancock County, Ohio. Date of issue:
19 June 1894. Citation: Voluntarily went beyond the lines to observe
the enemy; also aided a wounded comrade.
WILLIAMSON, JAMES A.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 4th Iowa Infantry. Place and date:
At Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., 29 December 1862. Entered service at:
Des Moines, Iowa. Born: 8 February 1829, Columbia, Adair County,
Ky. Date of issue: 17 January 1895. Citation: Led his regiment against
a superior force, strongly entrenched, and held his ground when
all support had been withdrawn.
WILLIS, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1826, England.
Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation:
Willis served on board the U.S.S. New Ironsides during action in
several attacks on Fort Fisher, 24 and 25 December 1864; and 13,
14 and 15 January 1865. The ship steamed in and took the lead in
the ironclad division close inshore and immediately opened its starboard
battery in a barrage of well_directed fire to cause several fires
and explosions and dismount several guns during the first 2 days
of fighting. Taken under fire as she steamed into position on 13
January, the New Ironsides fought all day and took on ammunition
at night, despite severe weather conditions. When the enemy troops
came out of their bombproofs to defend the fort against the storming
party, the ship's battery disabled nearly every gun on the fort
facing the shore before the ceasefire order was given by the flagship.
WILLISTON, EDWARD B.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 2d U.S. Artillery. Place
and date: At Trevilian Station, Va., 12 June 1864. Entered service
at: San Francisco, Calif. Birth: Norwich, Vt. Date of issue: 6 April
1892. Citation: Distinguished gallantry.
WILSON, CHARLES E.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 1st New Jersey Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Bucks County, Pa. Date of issue: 3 July 1865.
Citation: Charged the enemy's works, colors in hand, and had 2 horses
shot from under him.
WILSON, CHRISTOPHER W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 73d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania. Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service
at: West Meriden, Conn. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 30 December
1898. Citation: Took the flag from the wounded color bearer and
carried it in the charge over the Confederate works, in which charge
he also captured the colors of the 56th Virginia (C.S.A.) bringing
off both flags in safety.
WILSON, FRANCIS A.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at: Philadelphia Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 25
June 1880. Citation: Was among the first to penetrate the enemy's
lines and himself captured a gun of the 2 batteries captured.
WILSON, JOHN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company L, 1st New Jersey Cavalry.
Place and date: At Chamberlains Creek, Va., 31 March 1865. Entered
service at: Jersey City, N.J. Birth: England. Date of issue: 3 July
1865. Citation: With the assistance of one comrade, headed off the
advance of the enemy, shooting 2 of his color bearers; also posted
himself between the enemy and the lead horses of his own command,
thus saving the herd from capture.
WILSON, JOHN A.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 21st Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Wood County,
Ohio. Born: 25 July 1832, Columbus, Ohio. Date of issue: September
1863. Citation: One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians)
who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly
200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train
at Big Shanty, Ga., and attempted to destroy the bridges and track
between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
WILSON, JOHN M.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Engineers. Place
and date: At Malvern Hill, Va., 6 August 1862. Entered service at:
Washington Territory. Birth: Olympia, Washington Territory. Date
of issue: 3 July 1897. Citation: Remained on duty, while suffering
from an acute illness and very weak, and participated in the action
of that date. A few days previous he had been transferred to a staff
corps, but preferred to remain until the close of the campaign,
taking part in several actions.
WINEGAR, WILLIAM W.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company B, 19th New York Cavalry
( 1st New York Dragoons). Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1
April 1865. Entered service at:------. Birth: Springport, N.Y. Date
of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: While advancing in front of his
company and alone, he found himself surrounded by the enemy. He
accosted a nearby enemy flag_bearer demanding the surrender of the
group. His effective firing of one shot so demoralized the unit
that it surrendered with flag.
WISNER, LEWIS S.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company K. 124th New York
Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered
service at: Wallkill, Orange County, N.Y. Birth: Wallkill, Orange
County, N.Y. Date of issue: 2 January 1895. Citation: While serving
as an engineer officer voluntarily exposed himself to the enemy's
fire.
WITHINGTON, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company B, 1st Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Bull Run, Va., 21 July 1861._ Entered service
at: Jackson, Mich. Born: 1 February 1835, Dorchester, Mass. Date
of issue: 7 January 1895. Citation: Remained on the field under
heavy fire to succor his superior officer.
WOLLAM, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 33d Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Jackson, Jackson
County, Ohio. Birth: Hamilton, Ohio. Date of issue: 20 July 1864.
Citation: One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians), who,
by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200
miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at
Big Shanty, Ga., and attempted to destroy the bridges and track
between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
WOOD, H. CLAY
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 11th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Wilsons Creek, Mo., 10 August 1861. Entered service
at: Winthrop, Maine. Birth: Winthrop, Maine. Date of issue: 28 October
1893. Citation: Distinguished gallantry.
WOOD, MARK
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 21st Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Portage,
Ohio. Birth: England. Date of issue: September 1863. Citation: One
of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians), who, by direction of
Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into
enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga.,
and attempted to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga
and Atlanta.
WOOD, RICHARD H.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company A, 97th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Woodburn, Macoupin County, Ill. Birth: Cumberland, N.J. Date
of issue: 12 December 1895. Citation: Led the "volunteer storming
party," which made a most gallant assault upon the enemy's works.
WOOD, ROBERT B.
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: New Garden Ohio.
Accredited to: Ohio. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Attached
to the U.S.S. Minnesota and temporarily serving on the U.S.S. Mount
Washington, during action against the enemy in the Nansemond River,
14 April 1863. When the U.S.S. Mount Washington drifted against
the bank and all men were driven from the decks by escaping steam
following several successive hits which struck her boilers and stopped
her engines, Wood boarded the stricken vessel and, despite a strike
on the head by a spent ball, continued at his gun for 6 hours as
fierce artillery and musketry continued to rake her decks.
WOODALL, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Civilian scout, U.S. Army, Major General
Philip H. Sheridan's Headquarters, during Civil War. Place and date:
Virginia, Appomattox campaign, Sailors Creek, March 29 to April
9, 1865. Entered service at Winchester, Virginia. Birthdate: unknown.
Date of issue: 25 April 1865. Place: Washington, D.C., 3 May 1865.
Note: Was Chief Civilian Scout for Major General Philip H. Sheridan's
Cavalry Corps, which consisted of VI and XIX Corps. Citation: Captured
flag of Brigadier General Rufus Barringer's headquarters brigade.
(In 1916, the general review of all Medals of Honor deemed 900
unwarranted. This recipient was one of them. In June 1989, the U.S.
Army Board of Correction of Records restored the medal to this recipient.)
WOODBURY, ERI D.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 1st Vermont Cavalry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service
at: St. Johnsbury, Vt. Birth: Francistown, N.H. Date of issue: 26
October 1864. Citation: During the regiment's charge when the enemy
was in retreat Sgt. Woodbury encountered 4 Confederate infantrymen
retreating. He drew his saber and ordered them to surrender, overcoming
by his determined actions their willingness to further resist. They
surrendered to him together with their rifles and 12th North Carolina
(C.S.A.) regimental flag.
WOODRUFF, ALONZO
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters.
Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 27 October 1864. Entered service
at: Ionia, Mich. Birth: lonia, Mich. Date of issue: 29 January 1896.
Citation: Went to the assistance of a wounded and overpowered comrade,
and in a hand_to_hand encounter effected his rescue.
WOODRUFF, CARLE A.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 2d U.S. Artillery. Place
and date: At Newbys Crossroads, Va., 24 July 1863. Entered service
at: Washington, D.C. Born: Buffalo, N.Y. Date of issue: 1 September
1893. Citation: While in command of a section of a battery constituting
a portion of the rear guard of a division then retiring before the
advance of a corps of Infantry was attacked by the enemy and ordered
to abandon his guns. Lt. Woodruff disregarded the orders received
and aided in repelling the attack and saving the guns.
WOODS, DANIEL A.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 1st Virginia Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ohio County, W. Va. Date of issue: 3 May 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag of 18th Florida Infantry (C.S.A.).
WOODS, SAMUEL
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1835, California.
Accredited to. California. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation:
As captain of the gun, serving temporarily on board the U.S.S. Mount
Washington, during the Nansemond River action, 14 April 1863. When
one of his comrades was struck by a bullet and knocked overboard,
Woods fearlessly jumped into the water and swam after him. Before
he reached him, the man sank beneath the surface and Woods promptly
swam back to the vessel, went to his gun, and fought it to the close
of the action. At the close of the battle, he tirelessly cared for
the wounded.
WOODWARD, EVAN M.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 2d Pennsylvania
Reserve Infantry. Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December
1862. Entered service at: ------. Born: 11 March 1838, Philadelphia,
Pa. Date of issue: 14 December 1894. Citation: Advanced between
the lines, demanded and received the surrender of the 19th Georgia
Infantry and captured their battle flag.
WOON, JOHN
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1823,
England. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation:
Serving on board the U.S.S. Pittsburg, Mississippi River, 29 April
1863. Engaging the enemy batteries at Grand Gulf, the U.S.S. Pittsburg,
although severely damaged and suffering many personnel casualties,
continued to fire her batteries until ordered to withdraw. Taking
part in a similar action after nightfall, the U.S.S. Pittsburg received
further damage, but receiving no personnel casualities in the latter
action. Woon showed courage and devotion to duty throughout these
bitter engagements.
WORAM, CHARLES B.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1845, New York,
N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Served on board the U.S.S. Oneida in the engagement at Mobile Bay,
5 August 1864. Acting as an aid to the executive officer, Woram
carried orders intelligently and correctly, distinguishing himself
by his cool courage throughout the battle which resulted in the
capture of the rebel ram Tennessee and the damaging of Fort Morgan.
WORTICK (WERTICK), JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 8th Missouri Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service
at: Hannibal, Mo. Birth: Fayette County, Pa. Date of issue: 14 July
1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming
party."
WRAY, WILLIAM J.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 1st Veteran Reserve
Corps. Place and date: At Fort Stevens, D.C., 12 July 1864. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 15 December
1892. Citation: Rallied the company at a critical moment during
a change of position under fire.
WRIGHT, ALBERT D.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company G, 43d U.S. Colored Troops.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service
at:------. Born: 10 December 1844, Elkland, Tioga County, Pa. Date
of issue: 1 May 1893. Citation: Advanced beyond the enemy's lines,
capturing a stand of colors and its color guard; was severely wounded.
WRIGHT, EDWARD
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1829, New
York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863.
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Cayuga during the capture of Forts
St. Philip and Jackson and the taking of New Orleans, 24 and 25
April 1862. As his ship led the advance column toward the barrier
and both forts opened fire simultaneously, striking the vessel from
stem to stern Wright conscientiously performed his duties throughout
the action in which attempts by 3 rebel steamers to butt and board
were repelled, and the ships driven off or forced to surrender.
Eleven gunboats were successfully engaged and the enemy garrisons
captured during this battle in which the Cayuga sustained 46 hits.
WRIGHT, ROBERT
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 14th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Chapel House, Farm, Va., 1 October 1864. Entered
service at: Woodstock, Conn. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 25 November
1869. Citation: Gallantry in action.
WRIGHT, SAMUEL
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 2d Minnesota Infantry.
Place and date: At Nolensville, Tenn., 15 February 1863. Entered
service at: Swan Lake, Minn. Birth: Indiana. Date of issue: 11 September
1897. Citation: Was one of a detachment of 16 men who heroically
defended a wagon train against the attack of 125 cavalry, repulsed
the attack and saved the train.
WRIGHT, SAMUEL C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 29th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Entered service
at: Plympton, Mass. Birth: Plympton, Mass. Date of issue: 29 January
1896. Citation: Voluntarily advanced under a destructive fire and
removed a fence which would have impeded a contemplated charge.
WRIGHT, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Yoeman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1835, London, England.
Accredited to: Maryland. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
Served as yeoman on board the U.S.S. Monticello during the reconnaissance
of the harbor and water defenses of Wilmington, N.C., 23 to 25 June
1864. Taking part in a reconnaissance of enemy defenses which covered
a period of 2 days and nights, Wright courageously carried out his
cutting of a telegraph wire and the capture of a large group of
prisoners. Although in immediate danger from the enemy at all times,
Wright showed gallantry and coolness throughout this action which
resulted in the gaining of much vital information of the rebel defenses.
YEAGER, JACOB F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 101st Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Buzzard's Roost, Ga., 11 May 1864. Entered service
at: Tiffin, Ohio. Birth: Lehigh County, Pa. Date of issue: 3 August
1897. Citation: Seized a shell with fuze burning that had fallen
in the ranks of his company and threw it into a stream, thereby
probably saving his comrades from injury.
YOUNG, ANDREW J.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and date: At Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865. Entered
service at: Carmichaelstown, Pa. Birth: Greene County, Pa. Date
of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
YOUNG, BENJAMIN F.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service
at: Canada. Born: 1844, Canada. Date of issue: % December 1864.
Citation: Capture of flag of 35th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.).
YOUNG, CAVALRY M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company L, 3d Iowa Cavalry. Place
and date: At Osage, Kans., 25 October 1864. Entered service at:
Hopeville, Clark County, Iowa. Birth: Washington County, Ohio. Date
of issue: 4 April 1865. Citation: Gallantry in capturing Gen. Cabell.
YOUNG, EDWARD B.
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1835, Bergan,
N.J. Accredited to: New Jersey. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Calena during the attack on enemy forts at Mobile
Bay, 5 August 1864. Securely lashed to the side of the Oneida which
had suffered the loss of her steering apparatus and an explosion
of her boiler from enemy fire, the Calena aided the stricken vessel
past the enemy forts to safety. Despite heavy damage to his ship
from raking enemy fire, Young performed his duties with skill and
courage throughout the action.
YOUNG, HORATIO N.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 19 July 1845, Calaise,
Maine. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 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.
YOUNG, JAMES M.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 72d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Wilderness. Va., 6 May 1864. Entered service
at Chautauqua County, N.Y. Birth: Chautauqua County, N.Y. Date of
issue: 2 April 1898. Citation: With 2 companions, voluntarily went
forward in the forest to reconnoiter the enemy's position, was fired
upon and one of his companions disabled. Pvt. Young took the wounded
man upon his back and, under fire, carried him within the Union
lines.
YOUNG, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. navy. Born: 1835,
New York. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Cayuga during the capture of Forts St. Philip
and Jackson and the taking of New Orleans, 24 and 25 April 1862.
As his ship led the advance column toward the barrier and both forts
opened fire simultaneously, striking the vessel from stem to stern,
Young calmly manned a Parrot gun throughout the action in which
attempts by three rebel steamers to butt and board were thwarted
and the ships driven off or captured, 11 gunboats were successfully
engaged and garrisons forced to surrender. During the battle, the
Cayuga sustained 46 hits.
YOUNKER, JOHN L.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 12th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Mountain, Va., 9 August 1862. Entered service
at: -----. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 1 November 1893. Citation:
voluntarily carried an order, at great risk of life in the face
of a fire of grape and canister; in doing this he was wounded.
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