Civil War Medal of Honor |
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Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 113th
Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Eastport, Miss., 10 October 1864. Entered service at: Concord, Morgan County, Ill. Birth:
Kentucky. Date of issue: 5 February 1895. Citation: Saved the life of a captain.
DAVIDSIZER, JOHN A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 1st Pennsylvania
Cavalry. Place and date: At Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865. Entered service at: Lewiston, Pa. Birth: Milford, Pa. Date
of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
DAVIDSON, ANDREW
Rank and organization: Assistant Surgeon, 47th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 3 May 1863. Entered service at: Cincinnati, Ohio. Birth: Middlebury, Vt. Date
of issue: 17 October 1892. Citation: Voluntarily attempted to run the enemy's batteries.
DAVIDSON, ANDREW
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company H,
30th U.S. Colored Troops. Place and date: At the mine, Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service at: Otsego County, N.Y.
Born: 12 February 1840, Scotland. Date of issue: 17 October 1892. Citation: One of the first to enter the enemy's works, where,
after his colonel, major, and one-third the company officers had fallen, he gallantly assisted in rallying and saving the
remnant of the command.
DAVIS, CHARLES C.
Rank and organization: Major, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and date: At Shelbyville, Tenn., 27 June 1863. Entered service at: Harrisburg, Pa. Born: 15 August 1830, Harrisburg,
Pa. Date of issue: 14 June 1894. Citation: Led one of the most desperate and successful charges of the war.
DAVIS, FREEMAN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 80th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered service at:------. Birth: Newcomerstown, Ohio.
Date of issue: 30 March 1898. Citation: This soldier, while his regiment was falling back, seeing the 2 color bearers shot
down, under a severe fire and at imminent peril recovered both the flags and saved them from capture.
DAVIS, GEORGE E.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company D,
10th Vermont Infantry. Place and date: At Monocacy, Md., 9 July 1864. Entered service at: Burlington, Vt. Birth: Dunstable,
Mass. Date of issue: 27 May 1892. Citation: While in command of a small force, held the approaches to the 2 bridges against
repeated assaults of superior numbers, thereby materially delaying Early's advance on Washington.
DAVIS, HARRY
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 46th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Atlanta, Ga., 28 July 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Franklin County, Ohio. Date of
issue: 2 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 30th Louisiana Infantry (C.S.A.).
DAVIS, JOHN
Rank and organization: Quarter Gunner, U.S. Navy.
Born: Cedarville, N.J. Accredited to: New Jersey. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Valley
City during action against rebel fort batteries and ships off Elizabeth City, N.C., on 10 February 1862. When a shell from
the shore penetrated the side and passed through the magazine, exploding outside the screen on the berth deck, several powder
division protecting bulkheads were torn to pieces and the forward part of the berth deck set on fire. Showing great presence
of mind, Davis courageously covered a barrel of powder with his own body and prevented an explosion, while at the same time
passing powder to provide the division on the upper deck while under fierce enemy fire.
DAVIS, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 17th Indiana
Mounted Infantry. Place and date: At Culloden, Ga., April 1865. Entered service at: Indianapolis, Ind. Birth: Carroll, Ky.
Date of issue: 17 June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of Worrill Grays (C.S.A.).
DAVIS, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 104th
Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Wales. Date of issue:
4 February 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
DAVIS, MARTIN K.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 116th
Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Stonington, Christian County, Ill.
Birth: Marion, Ill. Date of issue: 26 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
DAVIS, SAMUEL W.
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1845, 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. Despite severe damage to
his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks from stem to stern, Davis exercised extreme courage
and vigilance while acting as a look-out for torpedoes and other obstructions 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.
DAVIS, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 2d New
York Heavy Artillery. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: New York. Birth: Wales. Date
of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
DAY, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 210th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 6 February 1865. Entered service at: Lycoming County, Pa. Birth: Otsego County,
N.Y. Date of issue: 20 July 1897. Citation: Seized the colors of another regiment of the brigade, the regiment having been
thrown into confusion and the color bearer killed, and bore said colors throughout the remainder of the engagement.
DAY, DAVID F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 57th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Dallasburg, Ohio. Date of issue:
2 January 1895. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
DEAKIN, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1837, New York, N.Y. 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, Deakin 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. He also participated in the actions at Forts Jackson and St. Philip.
DEANE, JOHN M.
Rank and organization: Major, 29th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Fort Stedman, Va., 25 March 1865. Entered service at: ------. Born: 8 January 1840, Freetown, Mass. Date
of issue: 8 March 1895. Citation: This officer, observing an abandoned gun within Fort Haskell, called for volunteers, and
under a heavy fire, worked the gun until the enemy's advancing line was routed.
DE CASTRO, JOSEPH H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 19th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at:------. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue:
1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 19th Virginia regiment (C.S.A.).
DE LACEY, PATRICK
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company A,
143d Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864. Entered service at: Scranton, Pa. Born: 25 November
1834, Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pa. Date of issue: 24 April 1894. Citation: Running ahead of the line, under a concentrated
fire, he shot the color bearer of a Confederate regiment on the works, thus contributing to the success of the attack.
DELAND, FREDERICK N.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 40th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Port Hudson, La., 27 May 1863. Entered service at: ------. Born: 25 December 1843, Sheffield,
Mass. Date of issue: 22 June 1896. Citation: Volunteered in response to a call and, under a heavy fire from the enemy, advanced
and assisted in filling with fascines a ditch which presented a serious obstacle to the troops attempting to take the works
of the enemy by assault.
DELANEY, JOHN C.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 107th
Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Dabney's Mills, Va., 6 February 1865. Entered service at: Honesdale, Pa. Birth:
22 April 1848, Ireland. Date of issue: 29 August 1894. Citation: Sprang between the lines and brought out a wounded comrade
about to be burned in the brush.
DE LAVIE, HIRAM H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 11th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service at: Allegheny County, Pa. Birth: Stark County,
Ohio. Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
DEMPSTER, JOHN
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born:
1839, Scotland. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Dempster 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.
DENIG, J. HENRY
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps.
Born: 1839, York, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. 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 her decks, Sgt. Denig 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.
DENNING, LORENZO
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born:
1843, Connecticut. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Denning served on board the
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 then 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.
DENNIS, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1826, Massachusetts. Accredited to: Massachusetts. 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, Dennis displayed
outstanding skill and courage in operating the torpedo catcher and in assisting in working the bow chasers 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.
DENSMORE, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Chief Boatswain's Mate, U.S.
Navy. Born: 1834, 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 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, Densmore 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.
DE PUY, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company H,
1st Michigan Sharpshooters. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo. Birth: Sherman,
Mich. Date of issue: 30 July 1896. Citation: Being an old artillerist, aided General Bartlett in working the guns of the dismantled
fort.
DE WITT, RICHARD W.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 47th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Oxford, Ohio. Birth: Butler County, Ohio.
Date of issue: 10 August 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
DI CESNOLA, LOUIS P.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 4th New York Cavalry.
Place and date: At Aldie, Va., 17 June 1863. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Born: 29 June 1832, Rivarola, Piedmont, Italy.
Date of issue: Unknown. Citation: Was present, in arrest, when, seeing his regiment fall back, he rallied his men, accompanied
them, without arms, in a second charge, and in recognition of his gallantry was released from arrest. He continued in the
action at the head of his regiment until he was desperately wounded and taken prisoner.
DICKEY, WILLIAM D.
Rank and organization: Captain, Battery M, 15th New
York Heavy Artillery. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service at: Newburgh, N.Y. Born: 11 January
1845, Newburgh, N.Y. Date of issue: 10 June 1896. Citation: Refused to leave the field, remaining in command after being wounded
by a piece of shell, and led his command in the assault on the enemy's works on the following day.
DICKIE, DAVID
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 97th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Gillespie, Macoupin County, Ill. Birth: Scotland.
Date of issue: 29 January 1896. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
DIGGINS, BARTHOLOMEW
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1842, Baltimore, Md. Accredited to: Maryland. G.O. No.: 391, 12 November 1891. Citation: On board the flagship, U.S.S.
Hartford, 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, Diggins, as loader of a gun, remained
steadfast at his post 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.
DILGER, HUBERT
Rank and organization: Captain, Battery 1, 1st Ohio
Light Artillery. Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 2 May 1863. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Born: 5 March 1836,
Germany. Date of issue: 17 August 1893. Citation: Fought his guns until the enemy were upon him, then with one gun hauled
in the road by hand he formed the rear guard and kept the enemy at bay by the rapidity of his fire and was the last man in
the retreat.
DILLON, MICHAEL A.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 2d New
Hampshire Infantry. Place and date: At Williamsburg, Va., 5 May 1862. At Oak Grove, Va., 25 June 1862. Entered service at:
Wilton, N.H. Birth: Chelmsford, Mass. Date of issue: 10 October 1889. Citation: Bravery in repulsing the enemy's charge on
a battery, at Williamsburg, Va. At Oak Grove, Va., crawled outside the lines and brought in important information.
DITZENBACK, JOHN
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born:
1828, New York, N.Y. Accredited to: Indiana. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Served on board the U.S. Monitor Neosho
during the engagement with enemy batteries at Bells Mills, Cumberland River, near Nashville, Tenn., 6 December 1864. Carrying
out his duties courageously during the engagement, Ditzenback gallantly left the pilot house after the flag and signal staffs
of that vessel had been shot away and, taking the flag which was drooping over the wheelhouse, made it fast to the stump of
the highest mast remaining, although the ship was still under a heavy fire from the enemy.
DOCKUM, WARREN C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 121st New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Clintonville, N Y.
Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of Savannah Guards (C.S.A.), after 2 other men had been killed in the
effort.
DODD, ROBERT F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 27th Michigan
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service at: Hantramck, Mich. Born: 1844, Canada. Date
of issue: 27 July 1896. Citation: While acting as orderly, voluntarily assisted to carry off the wounded from the ground in
front of the crater while exposed to a heavy fire.
DODDS, EDWARD E.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 21st New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Ashbys Gap, Va., 19 July 1864. Entered service at: Rochester, N.Y. Birth: Canada. Date of
issue: 11 June 1896. Citation: At great personal risk rescued his wounded captain and carried him from the field to a place
of safety.
DOLLOFF, CHARLES W.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company K, 1st Vermont
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: St. Johnsbury, Vt. Birth: Parishville, N.Y.
Date of issue: 24 April 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
DONALDSON, JOHN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company L, 4th Pennsylvania
Cavalry. Place and date: At Appomattox Courthouse, Va., 9 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Butler County, Pa.
Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 4th Virginia Cavalry (C.S.A.).
DONNELLY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1839, England. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 71, 15 January 1866. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Metacomet.
As a member of 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 the enemy forts in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864, Donnelly 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, eliciting the
admiration of both friend and foe.
DONOGHUE, TIMOTHY
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 69th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of
issue: 17 January 1894. Citation: Voluntarily carried a wounded officer off the field from between the lines; while doing
this he was himself wounded.
DOODY, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E., 164th
New York Infantry. Place and date: At Cold Harbor, Va., 7 June 1864. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Ireland. Date
of issue: 13 December 1893. Citation: After making a successful personal reconnaissance, he gallantly led the skirmishers
in a night attack, charging the enemy, and thus enabling the pioneers to put up works.
DOOLEN, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy. Born:
1841, Ireland. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. 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. Although knocked down and
seriously wounded in the head, Doolen refused to leave his station as shot and shell passed. Calm and courageous, he rendered
gallant service throughout the prolonged battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the successful
attacks carried out on Fort Morgan despite the enemy's heavy return fire.
DORE, GEORGE H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 126th
New York Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth: England. Date of issue:
1 December 1864. Citation: The colors being struck down by a shell as the enemy were charging, this soldier rushed out and
seized it, exposing himself to the fire of both sides.
DORLEY, AUGUST
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 1st Louisiana
Cavalry. Place and date: At Mount Pleasant, Ala., 11 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue:
Unknown. Citation: Capture of flag.
DORMAN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1843,
Cincinnati, Ohio. Accredited to: Ohio. G.O. No.: 32, 18 April 1864. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Carondelet in various
actions of that vessel. Carrying out his duties courageously throughout the actions of the Carondelet, Dorman, although wounded
several times invariably returned to duty and constantly presented an example of devotion to the flag.
DORSEY, DANIEL A.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 33d Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Fairfield County, Ohio. Birth: Waterford, Va. Date of issue:
17 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.
DORSEY, DECATUR
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 39th U.S.
Colored Troops. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service at: Baltimore County, Md. Birth: Howard
County, Md. Date of issue: 8 November 1865. Citation: Planted his colors on the Confederate works in advance of his regiment,
and when the regiment was driven back to the Union works he carried the colors there and bravely rallied the men.
DOUGALL, ALLAN H.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant and Adjutant,
88th Indiana Infantry. Place and date: At Bentonville, N.C., 19 March 1865. Entered service at: New Haven, Allen County, Ind.
Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 16 February 1897. Citation: In the face of a galling fire from the enemy he voluntarily returned
to where the color bearer had fallen wounded and saved the flag of his regiment from capture.
DOUGHERTY, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 13th Pennsylvania
Cavalry. Place and date: At Jefferson, Va., 12 October 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 10 May 1844, Ireland.
Date of issue: 23 January 1897. Citation: At the head of a detachment of his company dashed across an open field, exposed
to a deadly fire from the enemy, and succeeded in dislodging them from an unoccupied house, which he and his comrades defended
for several hours against repeated attacks, thus preventing the enemy from flanking the position of the Union forces.
DOUGHERTY, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born:
1844, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: As a landsman on board the U.S.S. Lackawanna,
Dougherty acted gallantly without orders when the powder box at his gun was disabled under the heavy enemy fire, and maintained
a supply of powder throughout the prolonged action. Dougherty also aided in the attacks on Fort Morgan and in the capture
of the prize ram Tennessee.
DOW, GEORGE P.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 7th New
Hampshire Infantry. Place and date: Near Richmond, Va., October 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: Atkinson, N.H. Date
of issue: 10 May 1884. Citation: Gallantry while in command of his company during a reconnaissance toward Richmond.
DOW, HENRY
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1840, Scotland. Accredited to: Illinois. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Served 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
enemy shellfire that her fate was sealed. Serving courageously throughout this action, Dow carried out his duties to the end
on this proud ship that went down with "her colors nailed to the mast."
DOWNEY, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 4th Massachusetts
Cavalry. Place and date: At Ashepoo River, S.C., 24 May 1864. Entered service at: Fall River, Mass. Birth: Ireland. Date of
issue: 21 January 1897. Citation: Volunteered as a member of a boatcrew 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.
DOWNS, HENRY W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 8th Vermont
Infantry. Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service at: Newfane, Vt. Birth: Jamaica, Vt. Date
of issue: 13 December 1893. Citation: With one comrade, voluntarily crossed an open field, exposed to a raking fire, and returned
with a supply of ammunition, successfully repeating the attempt a short time thereafter.
DRAKE, JAMES M.
Rank and organization: 2d Lieutenant, Company D, 9th
New Jersey Infantry. Place and date: At Bermuda Hundred, Va., 6 May 1864. Entered service at: Elizabeth, N.J. Birth: Union
County, N.J. Date of issue: 3 March 1873. Citation: Commanded the skirmish line in the advance and held his position all day
and during the night.
DRURY, JAMES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 4th Vermont
Infantry. Place and date: At Weldon Railroad, Va., 23 June 1864. Entered service at: Chester, Vt. Birth: Ireland. Date of
issue: 18 January 1893. Citation: Saved the colors of his regiment when it was surrounded by a much larger force of the enemy
and after the greater part of the regiment had been killed or captured.
DUFFEY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 4th Massachusetts
Cavalry. Place and date: At Ashepoo River, S.C., 24 May 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: New Bedford, Mass. Date of
issue: 21 January 1897. Citation: Volunteered as a member of a boatcrew 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.
DUNCAN, ADAM
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1833, Maine. Accredited to: Maine. 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, Duncan 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.
DUNCAN, JAMES K. L.
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1845, Frankfort, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. 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 at one of the guns which started
a fire at the cartridge tie, Duncan immediately seized the burning cartridge, took it from the gun and threw it overboard,
despite the immediate danger to himself. Carrying out his duties through the entire engagement, Duncan served courageously
during this action in which the Fort Hindman was raked severely with shot and shell from the enemy guns.
DUNLAVY, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 3d Iowa
Cavalry. Place and date: At Osage, Kans., 25 October 1864. Entered service at: Davis County, Iowa. Birth: Decatur County,
Ind. Date of issue: 4 April 1865. Citation: Gallantry in capturing Gen. Marmaduke.
DUNN, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born:
Maine. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Monadnock in action during several
attacks on Fort Fisher, 24 and 25 December 1864; and 13, 14, and 15 January 1865. With his ship anchored well inshore to insure
perfect range against the severe fire of rebel guns, Dunn continued his duties when the vessel was at anchor, as her propellers
were kept in motion to make her turrets bear, and the shooting away of her chain might have caused her to ground. Disdainful
of shelter despite severe weather conditions, he inspired his shipmates and contributed to the success of his vessel in reducing
the enemy guns to silence.
DUNNE, JAMES
Rank and organization: Corporal, Chicago Mercantile
Battery, Illinois Light Artillery. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Birth:
Detroit, Mich. 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.
DUNPHY, RICHARD D.
Rank and organization: Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy. Born:
1840, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. Citation: On board the flagship U.S.S. Hartford during successful attacks against
Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the rebel ram Tennessee, Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. With his ship under terrific enemy shellfire,
Dunphy performed his duties with skill and courage throughout this fierce engagement which resulted in the capture of the
rebel ram Tennessee.
DU PONT, HENRY A.
Rank and organization: Captain, 5th U.S. Artillery.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service at: Wilmington, Del. Birth: Eleutherean Mills, Del.
Date of issue: 2 April 1898. Citation: By his distinguished gallantry, and voluntary exposure to the enemy's fire at a critical
moment, when the Union line had been broken, encouraged his men to stand to their guns, checked the advance of the enemy,
and brought off most of his pieces.
DURHAM, JAMES R.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company
E, 12th West Virginia Infantry. Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 14 June 1863. Entered service at: Clarksburg, W. Va. Born:
7 February 1833, Richmond, W. Va. Date of issue: 6 March 1890. Citation: Led his command over the stone wall, where he was
wounded.
DURHAM, JOHN S.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 1st Wisconsin
Infantry. Place and date: At Perryville, Ky., 8 October 1862. Entered service at: Malone, St. Croix County, Wis. Born: 1843,
New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 20 November 1896. Citation: Seized the flag of his regiment when the color sergeant was shot
and advanced with the flag midway between the lines, amid a shower of shot, shell, and bullets, until stopped by his commanding
officer.
ECKES, JOHN N.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 47th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Weston, W. Va. Birth: Lewis County, W. Va.
Date of issue: 21 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
EDDY, SAMUEL E.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 37th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Chesterfield, Mass. Birth: Vermont. Date
of issue: 10 September 1897. Citation: Saved the life of the adjutant of his regiment by voluntarily going beyond the line
and there killing one of the enemy then in the act of firing upon the wounded officer. Was assailed by several of the enemy,
run through the body with a bayonet, and pinned to the ground, but while so. situated he shot and killed his assailant.
EDGERTON, NATHAN H.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant and Adjutant, 6th
U.S. Colored Troops. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth:
------. Date of issue: 30 March 1898. Citation: Took up the flag after 3 color bearers had been shot down and bore it forward,
though himself wounded.
EDWARDS, DAVID
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 146th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service at: Sangersfield, N.Y. Birth: Wales, England.
Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
EDWARDS, JOHN
Rank and organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1831, Providence, R.I. Accredited to: Rhode Island. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: As second captain of a
gun 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, Edwards refused to go below for aid and, as heavy return
fire continued to strike his vessel, took the place of the first captain and 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 batteries at Fort Morgan.
ELLIOTT, ALEXANDER
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 1st Pennsylvania
Cavalry. Place and date: At Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865. Entered service at: North Sewickley, Pa. Birth: Beaver County,
Pa. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
ELLIOTT, RUSSELL C.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 3d Massachusetts
Cavalry. Place and date: At Natchitoches, La., 19 April 1864. Entered service at: Boston, Mass. Birth: Concord, N.H. Date
of issue: 20 November 1896. Citation: Seeing a Confederate officer in advance of his command, charged on him alone and unaided
and captured him.
ELLIS, HORACE
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 7th Wisconsin
Infantry. Place and date: At Weldon Railroad, Va., 21 August 1864. Entered service at: Chippewa Falls, Wis. Birth: Mercer
County, Pa. Date of issue: December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 16th Mississippi (C.S.A.).
ELISE, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company K,
3d Wisconsin Cavalry. Place and date: At, Ark., 14 January 1865. Entered service at: Little Rock, Ark. Birth: England. Date
of issue: 8 March 1865. Citation: Remained at his post after receiving three wounds, and only retired, by his commanding officer's
orders, after being wounded the fourth time.
ELLS WORTH, THOMAS F.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company B, Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Honey Hill, S.C., 30 November 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth:, Mass. Date of issue:
18 November 1895. Citation: Under a heavy fire carried his wounded commanding officer from the field.
ELISION, JAMES M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, Iowa Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Shells burg, Iowa. Birth: Coshocton, Ohio. Date of issue:
12 September 1891. Citation: Carried the colors in advance of his regiment and was shot down while attempting to plant them
on the enemy's works.
EMBLER, ANDREW H.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company D, 59th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Boydton Plank Road, Va., 27 October 1864. Entered service at: New York. Birth: New York,
N.Y. Date of issue: 19 October 1893. Citation: Charged at the head of 2 regiments, which drove the enemy's main body, gained
the crest of the hill near the Burgess house and forced a barricade on the Boydton road.
ENDERLIN, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Musician, Company B, 73d Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1-3 July 1863. Entered service at: Chillicothe, Ohio. Birth: Germany. Date of
issue: 11 September 1897. Citation: Voluntarily took a rifle and served as a soldier in the ranks during the first and second
days of the battle. Voluntarily and at his own imminent peril went into the enemy's lines at night and, under a sharp fire,
rescued a wounded comrade.
ENGLE, JAMES E.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 97th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Bermuda Hundred, Va., 18 May 1864. Entered service at: Chester, Pa. Birth: Chester, Pa. Date
of issue: 17 December 1896. Citation: Responded to a call for volunteers to carry ammunition to the regiment on the picket
line and under a heavy fire from the enemy assisted in carrying a box of ammunition to the front and remained to distribute
the same.
ENGLISH, EDMUND
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company C,
2d New Jersey Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864. Entered service at: Newark, N.J. Born: 16 November
1841, Ireland. Date of issue: 13 February 1891. Citation: During a rout and while under orders to retreat seized the colors,
rallied the men, and drove the enemy back.
ENGLISH, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Signal Quartermaster, U.S.
Navy. Born: 1819, New York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: English served on board the
U.S.S. New Iron sides 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.
ENNIS, CHARLES D.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st Rhode
Island Light Artillery. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Charleston, R.I. Birth: Stonington,
Conn. Date of issue: 28 June 1892. 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.
ERICKSON, JOHN P.
Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle,
U.S. Navy. Birth: London, England. Accredited to: New York. 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, Erickson was so severely wounded in the assault upon Fort Fisher that he was sent to the
hospital at Portsmouth, Va. Erickson was recommended for his gallantry, skill, and coolness in action while under the fire
of the enemy.
ESTES, LEWELLYN G.
Rank and organization: Captain and Assistant Adjutant
General, Volunteers. Place and date: At Flint River, Ga., 30 August 1864. Entered service at: Penobscot, Maine. Birth: Oldtown,
Maine. Date of issue: 29 August 1894. Citation: Voluntarily led troops in a charge over a burning bridge.
EVANS, CORON D.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 3d Indiana
Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Jefferson County, Ind. Birth: Jefferson
County, Ind. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 26th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
EVANS, IRA H.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company B, 116th U.S.
Colored Troops, Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Barre, Vt. Born: 11 April 1844, Piermont,
N.H. Date of issue: 24 March 1892. Citation: Voluntarily passed between the lines, under a heavy fire from the enemy, and
obtained important information.
EVANS, JAMES R.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 62d New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 5 May 1864. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date
of issue: 25 February 1895. Citation: Went out in front of the line under a fierce fire and, in the face of the rapidly advancing
enemy, rescued the regimental flag with which the color bearer had fallen.
EVANS, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 54th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Piedmont, Va., 5 June 1864. Entered service at: Cambria County, Pa. Birth: Wales. Date of issue:
26 November 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 45th Virginia (C.S.A.).
EVERSON, ADELBERT
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 185th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service at: Salina, N.Y. Birth: Cicero, N.Y. Date
of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
EWING, JOHN C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 211th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Westmoreland County, Pa. Date
of issue: 20 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
FALCONER, JOHN A.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 17th Michigan
Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tenn., 20 November 1863. Entered service at: Manchester, Mich. Born:
1844, Wachtenaw, Mich. Date of issue: 27 July 1896. Citation: Conducted the "burning party" of his regiment at the time a
charge was made on the enemy's picket line, and burned the house which had sheltered the enemy's sharpshooters, thus insuring
success to a hazardous enterprise.
FALL, CHARLES S.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 26th Michigan
Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania Courthouse, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: Hamburg, Mich. Born: 1842, Noble
County, Ind. Date of issue: 13 May 1899. Citation: Was one of the first to mount the Confederate works, where he bayoneted
two of the enemy and captured a Confederate flag, but threw it away to continue the pursuit of the enemy.
FALLON, THOMAS T.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 37th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Williamsburg, Va., 5 May 1862. At Fair Oaks, Va., 30-31 May 1862. At Big Shanty, Ga., 14-15
June 1864. Entered service at: Freehold, N.J. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 13 February 1891. Citation: At Williamsburg,
Va., assisted in driving rebel skirmishers to their main line. Participated in action, at Fair Oaks, Va., though excused from
duty because of disability. In a charge with his company at Big Shanty, Ga., was the first man on the enemy's works.
*FALLS, BENJAMIN F.
Rank and organization: Color Sergeant, Company A,
19th Massachusetts Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Lynn, Mass. Birth. Portsmouth,
N.H. Date of issue. December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
FANNING, NICHOLAS
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 4th Iowa
Cavalry. Place and date: At Selma, Ala., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa. Birth: Carroll
County, Ind. Date of issue: 17 June 1865. Citation: Capture of silk Confederate States flag and 2 staff officers.
FARLEY, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1835, Whitefield, Maine. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Marblehead
off Legareville, Stono River, 25 December 1863, during an engagement with the enemy on John's Island. Behaving in a gallant
manner, Farley animated his men and kept up a rapid and effective fire on the enemy throughout the engagement which resulted
in the enemy's abandonment of his positions, leaving a caisson and 1 gun behind.
FARNSWORTH, HERBERT E.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 10th New York
Cavalry. Place and date: At Trevilian Station, Va., 11 June 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Cattaraugus County, N.Y.
Date of issue: 1 April 1898. Citation: Voluntarily carried a message which stopped the firing of a Union battery into his
regiment, in which service he crossed a ridge in plain view and swept by the fire of both armies.
FARQUHAR, JOHN M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 89th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Stone River, Tenn., 31 December 1862. Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Birth: Scotland. Date
of issue: 6 August 1902. Citation: When a break occurred on the extreme right wing of the Army of the Cumberland, this soldier
rallied fugitives from other commands, and deployed his own regiment, thereby checking the Confederate advance until a new
line was established.
FARRELL, EDWARD
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born:
1833, Saratoga, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Owasco during
the attack upon Forts Jackson and St. Philip, 24 April 1862. Stationed at the masthead during these operations, Farrell observed
and reported the effect of the fire of our guns in such a manner as to make his intelligence, coolness and capacity conspicuous.
FASNACHT, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 99th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Lancaster County, Pa. Date
of issue: 2 April 1878. Citation: Capture of flag of 2nd Louisiana Tigers (C.S.A.) in a hand-to-hand contest.
FASSETT, JOHN B.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company F, 23d Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa.
Date of issue: 29 December 1894. Citation: While acting as an aide, voluntarily led a regiment to the relief of a battery
and recaptured its guns from the enemy.
FERNALD, ALBERT E.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company F,
20th Maine Infantry. Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service at: Winterport, Maine. Birth: Winterport,
Maine. Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: During a rush at the enemy, Lt. Fernald seized, during a scuffle, the flag of
the 9th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
FERRELL, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Pilot, U.S. Navy. Entered service
at: Illinois. Born: 15 April 1823, Tennessee. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Served on board the U.S. Monitor Neosho
during the engagement with enemy batteries at Bells Mills, Cumberland River, near Nashville, Tenn., 6 December 1864. Carrying
out his duties courageously during the engagement, Ferrell gallantly left the pilothouse after the flag and signal staffs
of that vessel had been shot away and, taking the flag which was drooping over the wheelhouse, make it fast to the stump of
the highest mast remaining although the ship was still under a heavy fire from the enemy.
FERRIER, DANIEL T.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 2d Indiana
Cavalry. Place and date: At Varnells Station, Ga., 9 May 1864. Entered service at: Delphi, Ind. Birth:------. Date of issue:
30 March 1898. Citation: While his regiment was retreating, voluntarily gave up his horse to his brigade commander who had
been unhorsed and was in danger of capture, thereby enabling him to rejoin and rally the disorganized troops. Sgt. Ferrier
himself was captured and confined in Confederate prisons, from which he escaped and, after great hardship, rejoined the Union
lines.
FERRIS, EUGENE W.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant and Adjutant,
30th Massachusetts Infantry. Place and date: At Berryville, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service at: Lowell, Mass. Birth: Springfield,
Vt. Date of issue: 16 October 1897. Citation: Accompanied only by an orderly, outside the lines of the Army, he gallantly
resisted an attack of 5 of Mosby's cavalry, mortally wounded the leader of the party, seized his horse and pistols, wounded
3 more, and, though wounded himself, escaped.
FESQ, FRANK
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 40th New
Jersey Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Newark, N.J. Born: 4 April 1840, Germany.
Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 18th North Carolina (C.S.A.) within the enemy's works.
FINKENBINER, HENRY S.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 107th Ohio
Infantry Place and date: At Dingles Mill, S.C., 9 April 1865. Entered service at. ------. Birth: North Industry, Ohio. Date
of issue: 30 March 1898. Citation: While on the advance skirmish line and within direct and close fire of the enemy's artillery,
crossed the mill race on a burning bridge and ascertained the enemy's position.
FISHER, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company B,
55th Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Birth: Monmouth,
Pa. Date of issue: 2 September 1893. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
FISHER, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 61st Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa.
Date of issue: 16 January 1894. Citation: Carried the colors 50 yards in advance of his regiment, and after being painfully
wounded attempted to crawl into the enemy's works in an endeavor to plant his flag thereon.
FITZPATRICK, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born:
1837, Canada. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: As captain of the No. 1 gun 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. Although struck several
times in the face by splinters, and with his gun disabled when a shell burst between the 2 forward 9-inch guns, killing and
wounding 15 men, Fitzpatrick, within a few minutes, had the gun in working order again with new track, breeching and side
tackle, had sent the wounded below, cleared the area of other casualties, and was fighting his gun as before. He served as
an inspiration to the members of his crew and contributed to the success of the action in which the Tennessee was captured.
FLANAGAN, AUGUSTIN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 55th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: Chest Springs, Pa. Birth: Cambria County,
Pa. Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Gallantry in the charge on the enemy's works: rushing forward with the colors and
calling upon the men to follow him; was severely wounded.
FLANNIGAN, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 2d Minnesota
Infantry. Place and date: At Nolensville, Tenn., 15 February 1863. Entered service at: Louisville, Scott County, Minn. Birth:
New York. 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.
FLEETWOOD, CHRISTIAN A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 4th U.S. Colored
Troops, Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Baltimore, Md. Date of
issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Seized the colors, after 2 color bearers had been shot down, and bore them nobly through the
fight.
FLOOD, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Boy, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840,
Ireland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Pensacola in the attack
on Forts Jackson and St. Philip and at the taking of new Orleans, 24 and 25 April 1862. Swept from the bridge by a shell which
wounded the signal quartermaster, Flood returned to the bridge after assisting the wounded man below and taking over his duties,
"Performed them with coolness, exactitude and the fidelity of a veteran seaman. His intelligence and character cannot be spoken
of too warmly."
FLYNN, CHRISTOPHER
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company K, 14th Connecticut
Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Sprague, Conn. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 52d North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.).
FLYNN, JAMES E.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 6th Missouri
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo. Birth: Pittsfield, Ill. Date
of issue: 19 June 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
FOLLETT, JOSEPH L.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 1st Missouri
Light Artillery. Place and date: At New Madrid, Mo., 3 March 1862; at Stone River, Tenn., 31 December 1862. Entered service
at: St. Louis, Mo. Birth: Newark, N.J. Date of issue: 19 September 1890. Citation: At New Madrid, Mo., remained on duty though
severely wounded. While procuring ammunition from the supply train at Stone River, Tenn., was captured, but made his escape,
secured the ammunition, and in less than an hour from the time of his capture had the batteries supplied.
FORCE, MANNING F.
Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers.
Place and date: At Atlanta, Ga., 22 July 1864. Entered service at: Cincinnati, Ohio. Born: Washington, D.C. 17 December 1824.
Date of issue: 31 March 1892. Citation: Charged upon the enemy's works, and after their capture defended his position against
assaults of the enemy until he was severely wounded.
FORD, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company E,
88th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date
of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
FORMAN, ALEXANDER A.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 7th Michigan
Infantry. Place and date: At Fair Oaks, Va., 31 May 1862. Entered service at: Jonesville, Mich. Birth: Scipio, Mich. Date
of issue: 17 August 1895. Citation: Although wounded, he continued fighting until, fainting from loss of blood, he was carried
off the field.
FOUT, FREDERICK W.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 15th Battery,
Indiana Light Artillery. Place and date: Near Harpers Ferry, W. Va., 15 September 1862. Entered service at: Indianapolis,
Ind. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 2 November 1896. Citation: Voluntarily gathered the men of the battery together, remanned
the guns, which had been ordered abandoned by an officer, opened fire, and kept up the same on the enemy until after the surrender.
FOX, HENRY
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 106th
Illinois Infantry. Place and date: Near Jackson, Tenn., 23 December 1862. Entered service at: Lincoln, Ill. Birth: Germany.
Date of issue: 16 May 1899. Citation: When his command was surrounded by a greatly superior force, voluntarily left the shelter
of the breastworks, crossed an open railway trestle under a concentrated fire from the enemy, made his way out and secured
reinforcements for the relief of his command.
FOX, HENRY M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company M, 5th Michigan
Cavalry. Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service at: Coldwater, Mich. Born: 1844, Trumbull,
Ohio. Date of issue: 27 September 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
FOX, NICHOLAS
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 28th Connecticut
Infantry. Place and date: At Port Hudson, La., 14 June 1863. Entered service at: Greenwich, Conn. Birth: ------. Date of issue:
1 April 1898. Citation: Made 2 trips across an open space, in the face of the enemy's concentrated fire, and secured water
for the sick and wounded.
FOX, WILLIAM R.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 95th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at:------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue:
28 March 1879. Citation: Bravely assisted in the capture of one of the enemy's guns; with the first troops to enter the city,
captured the flag of the Confederate customhouse.
FOY, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Signal Quartermaster, U.S.
Navy. Birth: Portsmouth, N.H. Accredited to: New Hampshire. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S.
Rhode Island during the action with Fort Fisher and the Federal Point batteries, 13 to 15 January 1865. Carrying out his duties
courageously during the battle, Foy continued to be outstanding by his good conduct and faithful services throughout this
engagement which resulted in a heavy casualty list when an attempt was made to storm Fort Fisher.
FRANKS, WILLIAM J.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1830,
Chatham County, N.C. Entered service at: Duvalls Bluff, Ark. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S.
Marmora off Yazoo City, Miss., 5 March 1864. Embarking from the Marmora with a 12-pound howitzer mounted on a field carriage,
Franks 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.
FRANTZ, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 83d Indiana
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 2,2 May 1863. Entered service at: Osgood, Ind. Birth: France. Date of issue:
13 August 1894. Citation. Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
FRASER (FRAZIER), WILLIAM W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 97th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Alton, Madison County, Ill. Birth: Scotland.
Date of issue: 24 October 1895. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
FREEMAN, ARCHIBALD
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 124th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: Newburgh, N.Y. Birth: Goshen, N.Y. Date
of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 17th Louisiana (C.S.A.).
FREEMAN, HENRY B.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 18th U.S.
Infantry. Place and date: At Stone River, Tenn., 31 December 1862. Entered service at: Mount Vernon, Ohio. Birth: Mount Vernon,
Ohio. Date of issue: 17 February 1894. Citation: Voluntarily went to the front and picked up and carried to a place of safety,
under a heavy fire from the enemy, an acting field officer who had been wounded, and was about to fall into enemy hands.
FREEMAN, MARTIN
Rank and organization: Pilot, U.S. Navy. Entered service
at: Louisiana. Born: 18 May 1814, Germany. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: As pilot of the flagship, U.S.S. Hartford,
during action against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. With his ship under
terrific enemy shellfire, Freeman calmly remained at his station in the maintop and skillfully piloted the ships into the
bay. He rendered gallant service throughout the prolonged battle in which the rebel gunboats were captured or driven off,
the prize ram Tennessee forced to surrender, and the fort successfully attacked.
FREEMAN, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 169th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Fisher, N.C., 15 January 1865. Entered service at: Troy, N.Y. Birth: Troy, N.Y. Date
of issue: 27 May 1905. Citation: Volunteered to carry the brigade flag after the bearer was wounded.
FRENCH, SAMUEL S.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 7th Michigan
Infantry. Place and date: At Fair Oaks, Va., 31 May 1862. Entered service at: Gifford, Mich. Birth: Erie County, N.Y. Date
of issue: 24 October 1895. Citation: Continued fighting, although wounded, until he fainted from loss of blood.
FREY, FRANZ
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 37th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Cleveland, Ohio. Birth. Switzerland. Date
of issue: 14 August 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
FRICK, JACOB G.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 129th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862. At Chancellorsville, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service
at. Pottsville, Pa. Born: 23 January 1838, Northumberland, Pa. Date of issue: 7 June 1892. Citation: At Fredericksburg seized
the colors and led the command through a terrible fire of cannon and musketry. In a hand-to-hand fight at Chancellorsville,
recaptured the colors of his regiment.
FRISBEE, JOHN B.
Rank and organization: Gunner's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born:
1822, Maine, Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Served on board the U.S. Steam Gunboat Pinola during
action against Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and during the taking of New Orleans, 24 April 1862. While engaged in the bombardment
of Fort St. Philip, Frisbee, acting courageously and without personal regard, closed the powder magazine which had been set
afire by enemy shelling and shut off his avenue of escape, thereby setting a high example of bravery. He served courageously
throughout these engagements which resulted in the taking of the Forts Jackson and St. Philip and in the surrender of New
Orleans.
FRIZZELL (FRAZELL), HENRY F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 6th Missouri
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Pilot Knob, Iron County, Mo. Birth: Madison
County, Mo. Date of issue: 30 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
FRY, ISAAC N.
Rank and organization: Orderly Sergeant, U.S. Marine
Corps. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Ticonderoga during attacks on
Fort Fisher, 13 to 15 January 1865. As orderly sergeant of marine guard, and captain of a gun, Orderly Sgt. Fry performed
his duties with skill and courage as the Ticonderoga maintained a well-placed fire upon the batteries to the left of the palisades
during the initial phases of the 3-day battle, and thereafter, as she considerably lessened the firing power of guns on the
mount 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.
FUGER, FREDERICK
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Battery A, 4th U.S.
Artillery. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 24
August 1897. Citation: All the officers of his battery having been killed or wounded and five of its guns disabled in Pickett's
assault, he succeeded to the command and fought the remaining gun with most distinguished gallantry until the battery was
ordered withdrawn.
FUNK, WEST
Rank and organization: Major, 121st Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Appomattox Courthouse, Va., 9 April 1865. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date
of issue: 15 October 1872. Citation: Capture of flag of 46th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
FURMAN, CHESTER S.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 6th Pennsylvania
Reserves. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Columbia, Pa. Date of issue:
3 August 1897. Citation: Was 1 of 6 volunteers who charged upon a log house near Devil's Den, where a squad of the enemy's
sharpshooters were sheltered, and compelled their surrender.
FURNESS, FRANK
Rank and organization: Captain, Company F, 6th Pennsylvania
Cavalry. Place and date: At Trevilian Station, Va., 12 June 1864. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth:------. Date
of issue: 20 October 1899. Citation: Voluntarily carrier a box of ammunition across an open space swept by the enemy's fire
to the relief of an outpost whose ammunition had become almost exhausted, but which was thus enabled to hold its important
position.
GAGE, RICHARD J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 104th Illinois
Infantry Place and date: Elk River, Tenn., 2 July 1863. Entered service at. Ottawa, Ill. Birth: Grafton County, N.H. Date
of issue: 30 October 1897. Citation: Voluntarily joined a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and saved
the bridge.
GALLOWAY, GEORGE N.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 95th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Alsops Farm, Va., 8 May 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue:
24 October 1895. Citation: Voluntarily held an important position under heavy fire.
GALLOWAY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Commissary Sergeant, 8th Pennsylvania
Cavalry. Place and date: At Farmville, Va., 7 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue:
30 October 1897. Citation: His regiment being surprised and nearly overwhelmed, he dashed forward under a heavy fire, reached
the right of the regiment, where the danger was greatest, rallied the men and prevented a disaster that was imminent.
GARDINER, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 36th U.S.
Colored Troops. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: Gloucester, Va.
Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Rushed in advance of his brigade, shot a rebel officer who was on the parapet rallying
his men, and then ran him through with his bayonet.
GARDNER, CHARLES N.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 32d Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: South Scituate, Mass. Date
of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
GARDNER, ROBERT J.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 34th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Berkshire County, Mass. Birth: Livingston,
N.Y. Date of issue: 12 May 1865. Citation: Was among the first to enter Fort Gregg, clearing his way by using his musket on
the heads of the enemy.
GARDNER, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1832,
Ireland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: As seaman on board the U.S.S. Calena in the engagement
at Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Serving gallantly during this fierce battle which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee
and the damaging of Fort Morgan. Gardner behaved with conspicuous coolness under the fire of the enemy.
GARRETT, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 41st Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: England. Date of issue:
24 February 1865. Citation: With several companions dashed forward, the first to enter the enemy's works, taking possession
of 4 pieces of artillery and captured the flag of the 13th Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.).
GARRISON, JAMES R.
Rank and organization: Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy. Born.
1840, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the flagship, U.S.S.
Hartford, during successful engagements against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August
1864. When a shell struck his foot and severed one of his toes, Garrison remained at his station at the shell whip and, after
crudely bandaging the wound, continued to perform his duties until severely wounded by another shellburst.
GARVIN, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle,
U.S. Navy. Born: 1835. Accredited to: Virginia. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Garvin 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 fort.
*GASSON, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 47th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of
issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Fell dead while planting the colors of his regiment on the enemy's works.
GAUNT, JOHN C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 104th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864. Entered service at: Damascoville, Ohio. Birth: Columbiana
County, Ohio. Date of issue: 13 February 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
GAUSE, ISAAC
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 2d Ohio
Cavalry. Place and date: Near Berryville, Va., 13 September 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: Trumbull County, Ohio.
Date of issue: 19 September 1864. Citation: Capture of the colors of the 8th South Carolina Infantry while engaged in a reconnaissance
along the Berryville and Winchester Pike.
GAYLORD, LEVI B.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 29th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Stedman, Va., 25 March 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue:
22 June 1896. Citation: Voluntarily assisted in working an abandoned gun, while exposed to heavy fire, until the enemy's advancing
line was routed by a charge on its left flank.
GEORGE, DANIEL G.
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy.
(Real name is William Smith. ) Born: 1840, Plaistow, N.H. Accredited to: New Hampshire. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation:
George 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 then 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.
GERE, THOMAS P.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant and Adjutant,
5th Minnesota Infantry. Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Chemung
County, N.Y. Date of issue: 24 February 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 4th Mississippi (C.S.A.).
GESCHWIND, NICHOLAS
Rank and organization: Captain, Company F, 116th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Pleasant Hill, Ill. Birth: France. Date of
issue: 24 August 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
GIBBS, WESLEY
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 2d Connecticut
Heavy Artillery. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Salisbury, Conn. Birth: Sharon, Conn.
Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
GIFFORD, BENJAMIN
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 121st New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: German Flats, N.Y. Birth: German Flats,
N.Y. Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
GIFFORD, DAVID L.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 4th Massachusetts
Cavalry. Place and date: At Ashepoo River, S.C., 24 May 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Dartmouth, Mass. 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.
GILE, FRANK S.
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born:
1845, Massachusetts. Accredited to: Massachusetts. 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, Gile 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.
GILLESPIE, GEORGE L.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Corps of
Engineers, U.S. Army. Place and date: Near Bethesda Church, Va., 31 May 1864. Entered service at: Chattanooga, Tenn. Birth:
Kingston, Tenn. Date of issue: 27 October 1897. Citation: Exposed himself to great danger by voluntarily making his way through
the enemy's lines to communicate with Gen. Sheridan. While rendering this service he was captured, but escaped; again came
in contact with the enemy, was again ordered to surrender, but escaped by dashing away under fire.
GILLIGAN, EDWARD L.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company E,
88th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth:
Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 30 April 1892. Citation: Assisted in the capture of a Confederate flag by knocking down the
color sergeant.
GILMORE, JOHN C.
Rank and organization: Major, 16th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Salem Heights, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service at: Potsdam, N.Y. Birth: Canada. Date of issue: 10 October
1892. Citation: Seized the colors of his regiment and gallantly rallied his men under a very severe fire.
GINLEY, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st New
York Light Artillery. Place and date: At Reams Station, Va., 25 August 1864. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Born: 22 December
1822, Ireland. Date of issue: 31 October 1890. Citation: The command having been driven from the works, he, having been left
alone between the opposing lines, crept back into the works, put 3 charges of canister in one of the guns, and fired the piece
directly into a body of the enemy about to seize the works; he then rejoined his command, took the colors, and ran toward
the enemy, followed by the command, which recaptured the works and guns.
GION, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 74th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 2 May 1863. Entered service at: Allegheny County, Pa. Birth: ------.
Date of issue: 26 November 1884. Citation: Voluntarily and under heavy fire advanced toward the enemy's lines and secured
valuable information.
GODLEY, LEONIDAS M.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company E.,
22d Iowa Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Ashland, Iowa. Birth: Mason County,
W. Va. Date of issue: 3 August 1897. Citation: Led his company in the assault on the enemy's works and gained the parapet,
there receiving 3 very severe wounds. He lay all day in the sun, was taken prisoner, and had his leg amputated without anesthetics.
GOETTEL, PHILIP
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 149th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Ringgold, Ga., 27 November 1863. Entered service at: Syracuse, N.Y. Birth: Syracuse, N.Y.
Date of issue: 28 June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag and battery guidon.
GOHEEN, CHARLES A.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company G,
8th New York Cavalry. Place and date: At Waynesboro, Va., 2 March 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Groveland, N.Y.
Date of issue: 26 March 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
GOLDSBERY, ANDREW E.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 127th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: St. Charles, Kane County, Ill. Birth: St.
Charles, Kane County, Ill. Date of issue: 9 August 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
GOODALL, FRANCIS H.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company G,
11th New Hampshire Infantry. Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862. Entered service at: Bath, N.H. Birth:
Bath, N.H. Date of issue: 14 December 1894. Citation: With the assistance of another soldier brought a wounded comrade into
the lines, under heavy fire.
GOODMAN, WILLIAM E.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company D,
147th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born:
10 December 1838, Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 11 January 1894. Citation: Rescued the colors of the 107th Ohio Volunteers
from the enemy.
GOODRICH, EDWIN
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company D,
9th New York Cavalry. Place and date: Near Cedar Creek, Va., November 1864. Entered service at: Westfield, N.Y. Birth: New
York, N.Y. Date of issue: 14 May 1894. Citation: While the command was falling back, he returned, and in the face of the enemy
rescued a sergeant from under his fallen horse.
GOULD, CHARLES G.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company H, 5th Vermont
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Windham, Vt. Birth: Windham, Vt. Date of issue:
30 July 1890. Citation: Among the first to mount the enemy's works in the assault, he received a serious bayonet wound in
the face, was struck several times with clubbed muskets, but bravely stood his ground, and with his sword killed the man who
bayoneted him.
GOULD, NEWTON T.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 113th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Elk Grove, Ill. Birth: Elk Grove, Ill, Date
of issue: 6 September 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
GOURAUD, GEORGE E.
Rank and organization: Captain and aide-de-camp, U.S.
Volunteers. Place and date: At Honey Hill, S.C., 30 November 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of
issue: 21 August 1893. Citation: While under severe fire of the enemy, which drove back the command, rendered valuable assistance
in rallying the men.
GRACE, PETER
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 83d Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 5 May 1864. Entered service at: Berkshire, Mass. Birth: Berkshire, Mass. Date
of issue: 27 December 1894. Citation: Singlehanded, rescued a comrade from 2 Confederate guards, knocking down one and compelling
surrender of the other.
GRAHAM, ROBERT
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born:
1841, England. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.. 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served 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, Graham distinguished
himself by a display of coolness when he participated in landing and spiking a 9-inch gun while under a devastating fire from
enemy musketry.
GRAHAM, THOMAS N.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company
G, 15th Indiana Infantry. Place and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered service at: Westville, LaPorte
County, Ind. Birth: ------. Date of issue: 15 February 1897. Citation: Seized the colors from the color bearer, who had been
wounded, and, exposed to a terrible fire, carried them forward, planting them on the enemy's breastworks.
GRANT, GABRIEL
Rank and organization: Surgeon, U.S. Volunteers. Place
and date: At Fair Oaks, Va., 1 June 1862. Entered service at: New York. Born: Newark, N.J. Date of issue: 21 July 1897. Citation:
Removed severely wounded officers and soldiers from the field while under a heavy fire from the enemy, exposing himself beyond
the call of duty, thus furnishing an example of most distinguished gallantry.
GRANT, LEWIS A.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 5th Vermont Infantry.
Place and date: At Salem Heights, Va., 3 May 1864. Entered service at: Bellow Falls, Vt. Born: 17 January 1828, Winhall, Vt.
Date of issue: 11 May 1893. Citation: Personal gallantry and intrepidity displayed in the management of his brigade and in
leading it in the assault in which he was wounded.
GRAUL, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 188th
Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Harrison, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: Reading, Pa. Birth: Reading,
Pa. Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: First to plant the colors of his State on the fortifications.
GRAY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 5th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Port Republic, Va., 9 June 1862. Entered service at: Hamilton County, Ohio. Birth: Scotland.
Date of issue: 14 March 1864. Citation: Mounted an artillery horse of the enemy and captured a brass 6-pound piece in the
face of the enemy's fire and brought it to the rear.
GRAY, ROBERT A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 21st Connecticut
Infantry. Place and date: At Drurys Bluff, Va., 16 May 1864. Entered service at: Groton, Conn. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date
of issue: 13 July 1897. Citation: While retreating with his regiment, which had been repulsed, he voluntarily returned, in
face of the enemy's fire, to a former position and rescued a wounded officer of his company who was unable to walk.
GREBE, M. R. WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Captain, Company F, 4th Missouri
Cavalry. Place and date: At Jonesboro, Ga., 31 August 1864. Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo. Born: 4 August 1838, Germany.
Date of issue: 24 February 1899. Citation: While acting as aide and carrying orders across a most dangerous part of the battlefield,
being hindered by a Confederate advance, seized a rifle, took a place in the ranks and was conspicuous in repulsing the enemy.
GREEN, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 11th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered service at:------. Born: 1840, England. Date
of issue: 12 January 1892. Citation: Scaled the enemy's works and in a hand-to-hand fight helped capture the flag of the 18th
Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.).
GREENAWALT, ABRAHAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 104th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864. Entered service at: Salem, Ohio. Birth: Montgomery County,
Pa. Date of issue: 13 February 1865. Citation: Capture of corps headquarters flag (C.S.A.).
GREENE, JOHN
Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle,
U.S. Navy. Entered service at: New York. Birth:------. 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 while under fire and ramming by the rebel ship Morgan,
24 April 1862. During this action at extremely close range while his ship was under furious fire and twice rammed by the rebel
ship Morgan, Greene remained steadfast at his gun throughout the thickest of the fight and was instrumental in inflicting
damage on the enemy until the Varuna, badly damaged and forced to beach, was finally sunk.
GREENE, OLIVER D.
Rank and organization: Major and Assistant Adjutant
General, U.S. Army. Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Entered service at: Scott, N.Y. Born: 25 January
1833, Scott, N.Y. Date of issue: 13 December 1893. Citation: Formed the columns under heavy fire and put them into position.
GREGG, JOSEPH O.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 133d Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: Near the Richmond & Petersburg Ry., Va., 16 June 1864. Entered service at: ------. Born: 5 January
1841, Circleville, Ohio. Date of issue: 13 May 1899. Citation: Voluntarily returned to the breastworks which his regiment
had been forced to abandon to notify 3 missing companies that the regiment was falling back; found the enemy already in the
works, refused a demand to surrender, returning to his command under a concentrated fire, several bullets passing through
his hat and clothing.
GREIG, THEODORE W.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company
C, 61st New York Infantry. Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Entered service at: Staten Island, N.Y. Birth:
New York. Date of issue: 10 February 1887. Citation: A Confederate regiment, the 4th Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.), having planted
its battle flag slightly in advance of the regiment, this officer rushed forward and seized it, and, although shot through
the neck, retained the flag and brought it within the Union lines.
GRESSER, IGNATZ
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 128th
Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Entered service at: Lehigh County, Pa. Born: 15
August 1832, Germany. Date of issue: 12 December 1895. Citation: While exposed to the fire of the enemy, carried from the
field a wounded comrade.
GRIBBEN, JAMES H.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company C, 2d New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 12th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
GRIFFITHS, JOHN
Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle,
U.S. Navy. Born: 1835, Wales. 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 boatcrew detailed to one of the generals on shore,
Griffiths bravely entered the fort in the assault and accompanied his party in carrying dispatches at the height of the battle.
He was one of 6 men who entered the fort in the assault from the fleet.
GRIMSHAW, SAMUEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 52d Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Atlanta. Ga., 6 August 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Jefferson County, Ohio. Date
of issue: 5 April 1894. Citation: Saved the lives of some of his comrades, and greatly imperiled his own by picking up and
throwing away a lighted shell which had fallen in the midst of the company.
GRINDLAY, JAMES G.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 146th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service at: Utica, N.Y. Birth: ------. Date of issue: 14 August
1891. Citation: The first to enter the enemy's works, where he captured 2 flags.
GRISWOLD, LUKE M.
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1837, Massachusetts. Accredited to: Massachusetts. 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 rescue of the officers and crew of the sinking Monitor, Griswold, 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.
GRUEB, GEORGE
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: Gallantry in advancing to the ditch of the enemy's works.
GUERIN, FITZ W.
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: New York,
N.Y. Date of issue: 10 March 1896. Citation: With two 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 for a considerable time while the
steamer was unmanageable and subjected to a heavy fire from the enemy.
GUINN, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 47th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Clinton County, Ohio. Date
of issue: 21 August 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
GWYNNE, NATHANIEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 13th Ohio
Cavalry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service at: Fairmount, Mo. Birth: Champaign County, Ohio.
Date of issue. 27 January 1865. Citation: When about entering upon the charge, this soldier, then but 15 years old, was cautioned
not to go in, as he had not been mustered. He indignantly protected and participated in the charge, his left arm being crushed
by a shell and amputated soon afterward.
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