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New Hampshire and Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients
New Hampshire Medal of Honor Recipients
ANDERSON, ROBERT
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1841, Ireland. Accredited
to: New Hampshire. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation. Served on board the U.S.S. Crusader and the Keokuk during various
actions of those vessels. Carrying out his duties skillfully while on board the U.S.S. Crusader, Q.M. Anderson, on all occasions,
set forth the greatest intrepidity and devotion. During the attack on Charleston, while serving on board the U.S.S. Keokuk,
Q.M. Anderson was stationed at the wheel when shot penetrated the house and, with the scattering of the iron, used his own
body as a shield for his commanding officer.
BARKER, NATHANIEL C.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 11th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: Manchester, N.H. Born: 28 September 1836, Piermont,
N.H. Date of issue: 23 September 1897. Citation: Six color bearers of the regiment having been killed, he voluntarily took
both flags of the regiment and carried them through the remainder of the battle.
BOUTWELL, JOHN W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 18th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at:------. Birth: Hanover, N.H. Date of issue: Unknown.
Citation: Brought off from the picket line, under heavy fire, a comrade who had been shot through both legs.
BRADY, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 10th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: Kingston, N.H. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue:
6 April 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
CAMP, CARLTON N.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 18th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Hanover, N.H. Birth: Hanover, N.H. Date of issue: Unknown.
Citation: Brought off from the picket line, under heavy fire, a comrade who had been shot through both legs.
COHN, ABRAHAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 6th New Hampshire Infantry. Place
and date: At Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864; At the mine, Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service at: Campton, N.H. Birth:
Guttentag, Silesia, Prussia. Date of issue: 24 August 1865. Citation: During Battle of the Wilderness rallied and formed,
under heavy fire, disorganized and fleeing troops of different regiments. At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864, bravely and coolly
carried orders to the advanced line under severe fire.
COPP, CHARLES D.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company C, 9th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862. Entered service at: Nashua, N.H. Born: 12 April 1840, Warren County,
N.H. Date of issue: 28 June 1890. Citation: Seized the regimental colors, the color bearer having been shot down, and, waving
them, rallied the regiment under a heavy fire.
COUGHLIN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 10th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: At Swifts Creek, Va., 9 May 1864. Entered service at: Manchester, N.H. Birth: Vermont. Date ·S issue: 31 August
1893. Citation: During a sudden night attack upon Burnham's Brigade, resulting in much confusion, this officer, without waiting
for orders, led his regiment forward and interposed a line of battle between the advancing enemy and Hunt's Battery, repulsing
the attack and saving the guns.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
HADLEY, OSGOOD T.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 6th New Hampshire Veteran Infantry.
Place and date: Near Pegram House, Va., 30 September 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Nashua, N.H. Date of issue:
27 July 1896. Citation: As color bearer of his regiment he defended his colors with great personal gallantry and brought them
safely out of the action.
HAM, MARK G.
Rank and organization: Carpenter's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1820, Portsmouth,
N.H. Accredited to: New Hampshire. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge when she
destroyed the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864. Performing his duties intelligently and faithfully, Ham distinguished
himself in the face of the bitter enemy fire and was highly commended by his divisional officer.
HARRIS, MOSES
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place and date:
At Smithfield, Va., 28 August 1864. Entered service at: New Hampshire. Birth: Andover, N.H. Date of issue: 23 January 1896.
Citation: In an attack upon a largely superior force, his personal gallantry was so conspicuous as to inspire the men to extraordinary
efforts, resulting in complete rout of the enemy.
HAWKINS, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1834, Scotland. Accredited
to: New Hampshire. G.O. No.. 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Hawkins served on board the U.S.S. Agawam, as one of a volunteer
crew of a powderboat which was exploded near Fort Fisher, 23 December 1864. The powderboat, 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.
JONES, JOHN
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1837, Bridgeport, Conn.
Accredited to: New Hampshire, 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, Jones, 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 m 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.
KNIGHT, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 9th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service at Keene, N.H. Birth: Keene, N.H. Date of issue: 27 July
1896. Citation. In company with a sergeant, was the first to enter the exploded mine; was wounded but took several prisoners
to the Federal lines.
LITTLE, HENRY F. W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 7th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date: Near Richmond, Va., September 1864. Entered service at: New Hampshire. Birth: Manchester, N.H. Date of issue:
14 January 1870. Citation: Gallantry on the skirmish line.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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