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Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 47th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 3 May 1863. Entered service at: Adrian, Mich. Birth: 1843, Germany. Date of
issue: 3 January 1907. Citation: Was one of a party which volunteered and attempted to run the enemy's batteries with a steam
tug and 2 barges loaded with subsistence stores.
HACK, LESTER G.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 5th Vermont
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Salisbury, Vt. Born: 18 January 1841, Bolton,
N.Y. Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 23d Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.) with several of the enemy.
HADLEY, CORNELIUS M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 9th Michigan
Cavalry. Place and date: At siege of Knoxville, Tenn., 20 November 1863. Entered service at: Adrian, Mich. Born: 27 April
1838, Sandy Creek, Oswego County, N.Y. Date of issue: 5 April 1898. Citation: With one companion, voluntarily carried through
the enemy's lines important dispatches from Gen. Grant to Gen. Burnside, then besieged within Knoxville, and brought back
replies, his comrade's horse being killed and the man taken prisoner.
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.
HAFFEE, EDMUND
Rank and organization: Quarter Gunner, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1832, Philadelphia, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Haffee 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 bombproof 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.
HAGERTY, ASEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 61st New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at:------. Birth: Canada, Date of issue:
10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
HAIGHT, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 72d New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Williamsburg, Va., 5 May 1862. At Bristol Station, Va., 27 August 1862. At Manassas, Va.,
29-30 August 1862. Entered service at: Westfield, N.Y. Born: 1 July 1841, Westfield, N.Y. Date of issue: 8 June 1888. Citation:
At Williamsburg, Va., voluntarily carried a severely wounded comrade off the field in the face of a large force of the enemy;
in doing so was himself severely wounded and taken prisoner. Went into the fight at Bristol Station, Va., although severely
disabled. At Manassas, volunteered to search the woods for the wounded.
HAIGHT, SIDNEY
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 1st Michigan
Sharpshooters. Place and dare: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service at: Goodland, Mich. Born. 1846, Reading,
Mich. Date of issue. 31 July 1896. Citation: Instead of retreating, remained in the captured works, regardless of his personal
safety and exposed to the firing, which he boldly and deliberately returned until the enemy was close upon him.
HALEY, JAMES
Rank and organization. Captain of the Forecastle,
U.S. Navy. Born: 1824, Ireland. Accredited to. Ohio. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served as captain of the forecastle
on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge when she destroyed the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864. Acting as captain of a gun
during the bitter engagement, Haley exhibited marked coolness and good conduct and was highly commended by his division officer
for his gallantry and meritorious achievement under enemy fire.
HALL, FRANCIS B.
Rank and organization: Chaplain, 16th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Salem Heights, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service at: Plattsburgh, N.Y. Birth: ------. Date of issue: 16
February 1897. Citation: Voluntarily exposed himself to a heavy fire during the thickest of the fight and carried wounded
men to the rear for treatment and attendance.
HALL, HENRY SEYMOUR
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company
G, 27th New York Infantry; and Captain, Company F, 121st New York Infantry. Place and date. At Gaines Mill, Va., 27 June 1862.
At Rappallannock Station, Va., 7 November 1863. Entered service at: New York. Birth: New York. Date of issue: 17 August 1891.
Citation: Although wounded at Gaines Mill, Va., he remained on duty and participated in the battle with his company. At Rappahannock
Station, Va., while acting as aide, rendered gallant and prompt assistance in reforming the regiments inside the enemy's works.
HALL, NEWTON H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 104th
Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Portage County, Ohio.
Date of issue: 13 February 1865. Citation: Capture of flag, believed to have belonged to Steward's Corps (C.S.A.).
HALLOCK, NATHAN M.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 124th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Bristoe Station, Va., 15 June 1863. Entered service at: Middletown, N.Y. Birth: Orange County,
N.Y. Date of issue: 10 September 1897. Citation: At imminent peril saved from death or capture a disabled officer of his company
by carrying him under a hot musketry fire, to a place of safety.
HALSTEAD, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born:
1837, New York. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during action
against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship
and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks from stem to stern, Halstead fought his gun with skill
and courage throughout the furious battle which resulted in the surrender of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging
and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
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.
HAMILTON, HUGH
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born:
1830, New York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Richmond during
action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship
and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Hamilton performed his duties with skill and courage throughout
the prolonged battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the successful attacks carried out
on Fort Morgan.
HAMILTON, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy. Born:
1836, Philadelphia, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Hamilton 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.
HAMILTON, THOMAS W.
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born:
1833, Scotland. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Serving as quartermaster 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 although
so penetrated by enemy shell fire that her fate was sealed. Conspicuously gallant during this action, Hamilton, severely wounded
at the wheel, returned to his post and had to be sent below, to hear the incessant roar of guns as the gallant ship went down,
"her colors nailed to the mast."
HAMMEL, HENRY A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Battery A, 1st Missouri
Light Artillery. Place and date: At Grand Gulf, Miss., 28-29 April 1863. Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo. Birth: Germany.
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 considerable time while the steamer
was unmanageable and subjected to a heavy fire from the enemy.
HAND, ALLEXANDER
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born:
1836, Delaware. Accredited to: Delaware. G.O. No.: 11 , 3 April 1 863. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Ceres in the fight
near Hamilton, Roanoke River, 9 July 1862. Fired on by the enemy with small arms, Hand courageously returned the raking enemy
fire and was spoken of for "good conduct and cool bravery under enemy fire," by the commanding officer.
HANEY, MILTON L.
Rank and organization: Chaplain, 55th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Atlanta, Ga., 22 July 1864. Entered service at: Bushnell, Ill. Birth: Ohio. Date of issue: 3 November 1896.
Citation: Voluntarily carried a musket in the ranks of his regiment and rendered heroic service in retaking the Federal works
which had been captured by the enemy.
HANFORD, EDWARD R.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 2d U.S.
Cavalry. Place and date: At Woodstock, Va., 9 October 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Allegany County, N.Y. Date
of issue: 14 October 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 32d Battalion Virginia Cavalry (C.S.A.).
HANKS, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 37th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Chillicothe, Ohio. Birth: Chillicothe, Ohio.
Date of issue: 19 November 1897. Citation: Voluntarily and under fire went to the rescue of a wounded comrade Iying between
the lines, gave him water, and brought him off the field.
HANNA, MARCUS A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 50th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Port Hudson, La., 4 July 1863. Entered service at: Rockport, Mass. Born: 3 November 1842, Bristol,
Maine. Date of issue: 2 November 1895. Citation: Voluntarily exposed himself to a heavy fire to get water for comrades in
rifle pits.
HANNA, MILTON
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 2d Minnesota
Infantry. Place and date: At Nolensville, Tenn., 15 February 1863. Entered service at: Henderson, Minn. Birth: Lickland County,
Ohio. 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.
HANSCOM, MOSES C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 19th Maine
Infantry. Place and date: At Bristoe Station, Va., 14 October 1863. Entered service at: Bowdoinham, Maine. Birth: Danville,
Maine. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of the flag of 26th North Carolina (C.S.A.).
HAPEMAN, DOUGLAS
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 104th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Peach Tree Creek, Ga., 20 July 1864. Entered service at: Ottawa, Ill. Born: 15 January 1839,
Ephratah, Fulton County, N.Y. Date of issue: 5 April 1898. Citation: With conspicuous coolness and bravery rallied his men
under a severe attack, re-formed the broken ranks, and repulsed the attack.
HARBOURNE, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 29th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service at: Boston, Mass. Born: 9 September 1840, England.
Date of issue: 24 February 1897. Citation: Capture of flag along with 3 enemy men.
HARCOURT, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1841, Boston, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Minnesota
in action during the assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. Landing on the beach with the assaulting party from his ship,
Harcourt advanced to the top of the sandhill and partly through the breach in the palisades despite enemy fire which killed
and wounded many officers and men. When more than two-thirds of the men become seized with panic and retreated on the run,
he remained with the party until dark when it came safely away, bringing its wounded, its arms and its colors.
* HARDENBERGH, HENRY M.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 39th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Deep Run, Va., 16 August 1864. Entered service at: Bremen, Ill. Birth: Noble County, Ind. Date
of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation. Capture of flag. He was wounded in the shoulder during this action. He was killed in action
at Petersburg on 28 August 1864.
HARDING, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle,
U.S. Navy. Born: 1837, Middletown, Conn. Accredited to: Connecticut. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served as captain
of the forecastle on board the U.S.S. Dacotah on the occasion of the destruction of the blockade runner Pevensey, near Beauford,
N.C., 9 June 1864. "Learning that one of the officers in the boat, which was in danger of being, and subsequently was, swamped,
could not swim, Harding remarked to him: 'If we are swamped, sir, I shall carry you to the beach or I will never go there
myself.' He did not succeed in carrying out his promise, but made desperate efforts to do so, while others thought only of
themselves. Such conduct is worthy of appreciation and admiration--a sailor risking his own life to save that of an officer."
HARING, ABRAM P.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company G,
132d New York Infantry. Place and date: At Bachelors Creek, N.C., 1 February 1864. Entered service at: New York, N.Y., Birth:
New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 28 June 1890. Citation: With a command of 11 men, on picket, resisted the attack of an overwhelming
force of the enemy.
HARLEY, BERNARD
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1842, Brooklyn, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Harley 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.
HARMON, AMZI D.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company K, 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.
HARRINGTON, DANIEL
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born:
1849, Ireland. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 11 , 3 April 1863. Citation: Harrington, a landsman from the U.S.S.
Pocahontas, participated in a shore mission to procure meat for the ship's crew. While returning to the beach, the party was
fired on from ambush and several men killed or wounded. Cool and courageous throughout his action, Harrington rendered gallant
service against the enemy and in administering to the casualties.
HARRINGTON, EPHRAIM W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 2d Vermont
Infantry. Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service at: Kirby, Vt. Birth: Waterford, Maine. Date
of issue: 13 December 1893. Citation: Carried the colors to the top of the heights and almost to the muzzle of the enemy's
guns.
HARRIS, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 148th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: Bellefonte, Pa. Birth: Schuylkill, Pa. Date
of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag, wresting it from the color bearer and shooting an officer who attempted
to regain it.
HARRIS, JAMES H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 38th U.S.
Colored Troops. Place and date: At New Market Heights, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: St. Marys
County, Md. Date of issue: 18 February 1874. Citation: Gallantry in the assault.
HARRIS, JOHN
Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle,
U.S. Navy. Born: 1839, Scotland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 17, 15 January 1866. Citation: As captain of the forecastle
on board the U.S.S. Metacomet, Harris was a member of the boat's crew which went to the rescue of the officers and crew 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
Harris braved the enemy fire which was said by the admiral to be "one of the most galling" he had ever seen, and aided in
rescuing from death 10 of the crew of the Tecumseh, thereby eliciting the admiration of both friend and foe.
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.
HARRIS, SAMPSON
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 30th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Olive, Ohio. Birth: Noble County, Ohio. Date
of issue: 10 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
HARRISON, GEORGE H.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1842,
Massachusetts. Accredited to: Massachusetts. 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. Acting as sponger and loader of the 11-inch pivot gun
during the bitter engagement, Harrison exhibited marked coolness and good conduct and was highly recommended for his gallantry
under fire by the divisional officer.
HART, JOHN W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 6th Pennsylvania
Reserves. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Cumberland, Md. Birth: Germany. Date of issue:
3 August 1897. Citation: Was one of six volunteers who charged upon a log house near the Devil's Den, where a squad of the
enemy's sharpshooters were sheltered, and compelled their surrender.
HART, WILLIAM E.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Shenandoah Valley, Va., 1864 and 1865. Entered service at: Pittsford, N.Y. Birth: Rushville,
N.Y. Date of issue: 3 July 1872. Citation: Gallant conduct and services as scout in connection with capture of the guerrilla
Harry Gilmore, and other daring acts.
HARTRANFT, JOHN F.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 4th Pennsylvania Militia.
Place and date: At Bull Run, Va., 21 July 1861. Entered service at: Norristown, Pa. Born: 16 December 1830, New Hanover Township,
Montgomery County, Pa. Date of issue: 26 August 1886. Citation: Voluntarily served as an aide and participated in the battle
after expiration of his term of service, distinguishing himself in rallying several regiments which had been thrown into confusion.
HARVEY, HARRY
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 22d New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Waynesboro, Va., 2 March 1865. Entered service at: Rochester, N.Y. Birth: England. Date of
issue: 26 March 1865. Citation: Capture of flag and bearer, with two other prisoners.
HASKELL, FRANK W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 3d Maine Infantry.
Place and date: At Fair Oaks, Va., 1 June 1862. Entered service at: Waterville, Maine. Born: 1843, Benton, Maine. Date of
issue: 8 December 1898. Citation: Assumed command of a portion of the left wing of his regiment, all the company officers
present having been killed or disabled, led it gallantly across a stream and contributed most effectively to the success of
the action.
HASKELL, MARCUS M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 35th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Entered service at: Chelsea, Mass. Birth: Chelsea, Mass. Date
of issue: 18 November 1896. Citation: Although wounded and exposed to a heavy fire from the enemy, at the risk of his own
life he rescued a badly wounded comrade and succeeded in conveying him to a place of safety.
HASTINGS, SMITH H.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company M, 5th Michigan
Cavalry. Place and date: At Newbys Crossroads, Va., 24 July 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Quincy, Mich. Date of
issue: 2 August 1897. Citation: While in command of a squadron in rear guard of a cavalry division, then retiring before the
advance of a corps of infantry, was attacked by the enemy and, orders having been given to abandon the guns of a section of
field artillery with the rear guard that were in imminent danger of capture, he disregarded the orders received and aided
in repelling the attack and saving the guns.
HATCH, JOHN P.
Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers.
Place and date: At South Mountain, Md., 14 September 1862. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Born: 9 January 1822, Oswego,
N.Y. Date of issue: 28 October 1893. Citation: Was severely wounded while leading one of his brigades in the attack under
a heavy fire from the enemy.
HATHAWAY, EDWARD W.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Entered
service at: Plymouth, Mass. Born: 9 July 1838, Plymouth, Mass. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Sciota prior to the battle Vicksburg,
on 28 June 1862. Struck by a bullet which severed his left arm above the elbow, Hathaway displayed exceptional courage as
his ship sustained numerous damaging hits from stem to stern while proceeding down the river to fight the battle of Vicksburg.
HAVRON, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 1st Rhode
Island Light Artillery. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Providence, R.I. Birth: Ireland.
Date of issue: 16 June 1866. Citation: Was one of a detachment of 20 picket artillerymen who voluntarily accompanied an infantry
assaulting party and who turned upon the enemy the guns captured in the assault.
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.
HAWKINS, GARDNER C.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company E,
3d Vermont Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Woodstock, Vt. Birth: Pomfret,
Vt. Date of issue: 30 September 1893. Citation: When the lines were wavering from the well-directed fire of the enemy, this
officer, acting adjutant of the regiment, sprang forward, and with encouraging words cheered the soldiers on and, although
dangerously wounded, refused to leave the field until the enemy's works were taken.
HAWKINS, Martin J.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 33d Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. Birth: Mercer County,
Pa. Date of issue: September 1863. Citation: One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell
(or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an
attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
HAWKINS, THOMAS R.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 6th U.S. Colored
Troops. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Cincinnati,
Ohio. Date of issue: 8 February 1870. Citation: Rescue of regimental colors.
HAWTHORNE, HARRIS S.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 121st
New York Infantry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Otsego, N.Y. Born: 1832, Salem,
N.Y. Date of issue: 29 December 1894. Citation: Captured the Confederate Gen. G. W. Custis Lee.
HAYDEN, JOSEPH B.
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born:
1834, Maryland. Accredited to: Maryland. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Ticonderoga, as quartermaster
in charge of steering the ship into action, during attacks on Fort Fisher, 13 to 15 January 1865. Hayden steered the ship
into position in the line of battle where she maintained a well-directed fire upon the batteries to the left of the palisades
during the initial phases of the engagement. Although several of the enemy's shots fell over and around the vessel, the Ticonderoga
fought her guns gallantly throughout 3 consecutive days of battle until the flag was planted on one of the strongest fortifications
possessed by the rebels.
HAYES, JOHN
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born:
1831, Philadelphia, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. 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. Acting as second captain of the No. 2 gun during
this bitter engagement, Hayes exhibited marked coolness and good conduct and was highly recommended for his gallantry under
fire by the divisional officer.
HAYES, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born:
1840, Rhode Island. Accredited to: Rhode Island. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: As Captain of No. 1 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.
Cool and courageous at his station throughout the prolonged action, Hayes maintained fire from his gun on Fort Morgan and
on ships of the Confederacy despite extremely heavy return fire.
HAYNES, ASBURY F.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 17th Maine
Infantry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Maine. Birth: Edinburgh, Maine. Date of
issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
HAYS, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 4th Iowa
Cavalry. Place and date: At Columbus, Ga., 16 April 1865. Entered service at: Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa. Birth: Jefferson
County, Ohio. Date of issue: 17 June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag and bearer Austin's Battery (C.S.A.).
HEALEY, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 5th Iowa
Cavalry. Place and date: At Newnan, Ga., 29 July 1864. Entered service at: Dubuque, Iowa. Birth: Dubuque, Iowa. Date of issue:
13 January 1899. Citation: When nearly surrounded by the enemy, captured a Confederate soldier, and with the aid of a comrade
who joined him later, captured 4 other Confederate soldiers, disarmed the 5 prisoners, and brought them all into the Union
lines.
HEDGES, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 4th U.S.
Cavalry. Place and date: Near Harpeth River, Tenn., 17 December 1864. Entered service at: Ohio. Birth: Ohio. Date of issue:
5 April 1898. Citation: At the head of his regiment charged a field battery with strong infantry supports, broke the enemy's
line and, with other mounted troops, captured 3 guns and many prisoners.
HEERMANCE, WILLIAM L.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company C, 6th New
York Cavalry Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 30 April 1863. Entered service at: Kinderhook, N.Y. Born: 28 February
1837, Kinderhook, N Y. Date of issue: 30 March 1898. Citation: Took command of the regiment as its senior officer when surrounded
by Stuart's Cavalry. The regiment cut its way through the enemy's line and escaped but Capt. Heermance was desperately wounded,
left for dead on the field and was taken prisoner.
HELLER, HENRY
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 66th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 2 May 1863. Entered service at: Urbana, Ohio. Birth:------. Date of issue:
29 July 1892. Citation: One of a party of 4 who, under heavy fire, voluntarily brought into the Union lines a wounded Confederate
officer from whom was obtained valuable information concerning the position of the enemy.
HELMS, DAVID H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 83d Indiana
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Farmers Retreat, Ind. Birth: Dearborn, Ind.
Date of issue: 26 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
HENRY, GUY V.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 40th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Cold Harbor, Va., 1 June 1864. Entered service at: Reading Pa. Birth: Fort Smith, Indian Ter.
Date of issue: 5 December 1893. Citation: Led the assaults of his brigade upon the enemy's works, where he had 2 horses shot
under him.
HENRY, JAMES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 113th
Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Kankakee, Ill. Birth: Sunfish, Ohio.
Date of issue: 9 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
HENRY, WILLIAM W.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 10th Vermont Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service at: Waterbury, Vt. Born: 21 November 1831, Waterbury,
Vt. Date of issue: 21 December 1892. Citation: Though suffering from severe wounds, rejoined his regiment and let it in a
brilliant charge, recapturing the guns of an abandoned battery.
HERINGTON, PITT B.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 11th Iowa
Infantry. Place and date: Near Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., 15 June 1864. Entered service at: Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa. Born:
1840, Michigan. Date of issue: 27 November 1899. Citation: With one companion and under a fierce fire of the enemy at close
range, went to the rescue of a wounded comrade who had fallen between the lines and carried him to a place of safety.
HERRON, FRANCIS J.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 9th Iowa
Infantry. Place and date: At Pea Ridge, Ark., 7 May 1862. Entered service at: Pittsburgh, Pa. Born: 17 February 1837, Pittsburgh,
Pa. Date of issue 26 September 1893. Citation: Was foremost in leading his men, rallying them to repeated acts of daring,
until himself disabled and taken prisoner.
HESSELTINE, FRANCIS S.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 13th Maine Infantry.
Place and date: At Matagorda Bay, Tex., 29-30 December 1863. Entered service at: Maine. Born: 10 December 1833, Bangor, Maine.
Date of issue: 2 March 1895. Citation: In command of a detachment of 100 men, conducted a reconnaissance for 2 days, baffling
and beating back an attacking force of more than a thousand Confederate cavalry, and regained his transport without loss.
HIBSON, JOSEPH C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 48th New
York Infantry. Place and date: Near Fort Wagner, S.C., 13 July 1863, Near Fort Wagner, S.C., 14 July 1863; Near Fort Wagner,
S.C., 18 July 1863. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: England. Date of issue: 23 October 1897. Citation: While voluntarily
performing picket duty under fire on 13 July 1863, was attacked and his surrender demanded, but he killed his assailant. The
day following responded to a call for a volunteer to reconnoiter the enemy's position, and went within the enemy's lines under
fire and was exposed to great danger. On 18 July voluntarily exposed himself with great gallantry during an assault, and received
3 wounds that permanently disabled him for active service.
HICKEY, DENNIS W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 2d New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Stony Creek Bridge, Va., 29 June 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: Troy, N.Y. Date
of issue: 18 April 1891. Citation: With a detachment of 3 men, tore up the bridge at Stony Creek being the last man on the
bridge and covering the retreat until he was shot down.
HICKMAN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Second Class Fireman, U.S.
Navy. Born: 1837, Richmond, Va. Accredited to: Virginia. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S.
Richmond in the attack on Port Hudson, 14 March 1863. Damaged by a 6-inch solid rifle shot which shattered the starboard safety-valve
chamber and also damaged the port safety-valve, the fireroom of the U.S.S. Richmond immediately became filled with steam to
place it in an extremely critical condition. Acting courageously in this crisis, Hickman persisted in penetrating the steam-filled
room in order to haul the hot fires of the furnaces and continued this action until the gravity of the situation had been
lessened.
HICKOK, NATHAN E.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 8th Connecticut
Infantry. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: Danbury, Conn. Birth: Danbury, Conn.
Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
HIGBY, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 1st Pennsylvania
Cavalry. Place and date: At Appomattox Campaign, Va., 29 March to 9 April 1865. Entered service at: New Brighton, Pa. Birth:
Pittsburgh, Pa. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
HIGGINS, THOMAS J.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 99th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Barry, Pike County, Ill. Birth: Canada. Date
of issue: 1 April 1898. Citation: When his regiment fell back in the assault, repulsed, this soldier continued to advance
and planted the flag on the parapet, where he was captured by the enemy.
HIGHLAND, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 23d Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
12 May 1865. Citation: Conspicuous gallantry as color bearer in the assault on Fort Gregg.
HILL, EDWARD
Rank and organization: Captain, Company K, 1 6th Michigan
Infantry. Place and date: At Cold Harbor, Va., 1 June 1864. Entered service at: Detroit, Mich. Birth: Liberty, N.Y. Date of
issue: 4 December 1893. Citation: Led the brigade skirmish line in a desperate charge on the enemy's masked batteries to the
muzzles of the guns, where he was severely wounded.
HILL, HENRY
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 50th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864. Entered service at: -----. Birth: Schuylkill County, Pa. Date of
issue: 23 September 1897. Citation: This soldier, with one companion, would not retire when his regiment fell back in confusion
after an unsuccessful charge, but instead advanced and continued firing upon the enemy until the regiment re-formed and regained
its position.
HILL, JAMES
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company I,
21st Iowa Infantry. Place and date: At Champion Hill, Miss., 16 May 1863. Entered service at: Cascade, Iowa. Birth: England.
Date of issue: 15 March 1893. Citation: By skillful and brave management captured 3 of the enemy's pickets.
HILL, JAMES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 14th New
York Heavy Artillery. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service at: Lyons, N.Y. Birth. Lyons, N.Y.
Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag, shooting a Confederate officer who was rallying his men with the
colors in his hand.
HILLIKER, BENJAMIN F.
Rank and organization: Musician, Company A, 8th Wisconsin
Infantry. Place and date: At Mechanicsburg, Miss., 4 June 1863. Entered service at. Waupaca Township, Wis. Born: 23 May 1843,
Golden, Erie County, N.Y. Date of issue: 17 December 1897. Citation: When men were needed to oppose a superior Confederate
force he laid down his drum for a rifle and proceeded to the front of the skirmish line which was about 120 feet from the
enemy. While on this volunteer mission and firing at the enemy he was hit in the head with a minie ball which passed through
him. An order was given to "lay him in the shade; he won't last long." He recovered from this wound being left with an ugly
scar.
HILLS, WILLIAM G.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 9th New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At North Fork, Va., 26 September 1864. Entered service at. ------. Birth: 26 June 1841, Conewango,
N.Y. Date of issue: 26 September 1893. citation: Voluntarily carried a severely wounded comrade out of a heavy fire of the
enemy.
HILTON, ALFRED B.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 4th U.S.
Colored Troops. Place and date. At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: Harford County,
Md. Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: When the regimental color bearer fell, this soldier seized the color and carried
it forward, together with the national standard, until disabled at the enemy's inner line.
HINCKS, WILLIAM B.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 14th Connecticut
Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Bridgeport, Conn. Birth: Bucksport, Me. Date
of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: During the highwater mark of Pickett's charge on 3 July 1863 the colors of the 14th Tenn.
Inf. C.S.A. were planted 50 yards in front of the center of Sgt. Maj. Hincks' regiment. There were no Confederates standing
near it but several were Iying down around it. Upon a call for volunteers by Maj. Ellis, commanding, to capture this flag,
this soldier and 2 others leaped the wall. One companion was instantly shot. Sgt. Maj. Hincks outran his remaining companion
running straight and swift for the colors amid a storm of shot. Swinging his saber over the prostrate Confederates and uttering
a terrific yell, he seized the flag and hastily returned to his lines. The 14th Tenn. carried 12 battle honors on its flag.
The devotion to duty shown by Sgt. Maj. Hlncks gave encouragement to many of his comrades at a crucial moment of the battle.
HINNECAN, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Second Class Fireman, U.S.
Navy. Born: 1841, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Hinnegan served on board the
U.S.S. Agawam, as one of a volunteer crew of powder boat which was exploded near Fort Fisher, 23 December 1864. The powder
boat, towed in by the Wilderness to prevent detection by the enemy, cast off and slowly steamed to within 300 yards of the
beach. After fuses and fires had been lit and a second anchor with short scope let go to assure the boat's tailing inshore,
the crew again boarded the Wilderness and proceeded a distance of 12 miles from shore. Less than 2 hours later the explosion
took place, and the following day fires were observed still burning at the forts.
HODGES, ADDISON J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 47th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 3 May 1863. Entered service at: Adrian, Mich. Born: 1841, Hillsdale, Mich.
Date of issue: 13 December 1907. Citation: Was one of a party that volunteered and attempted to run the enemy's batteries
with a steam tug and 2 barges loaded with subsistence stores.
HOFFMAN, HENRY
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company M, 2d Ohio
Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 3
May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
HOFFMAN, THOMAS W.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company A, 208th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Perrysburg, Pa. Date of issue:
19 July 1895. Citation: Prevented a retreat of his regiment during the battle.
HOGAN, FRANKLIN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 45th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: Front of Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service at: Howard, Pa. Birth: Center County, Pa.
Date of issue: 1 October 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 6th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
HOGARTY, WILLIAM P.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 23d New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 22 June 1891. Citation: Distinguished gallantry in actions while attached
to Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery; lost his left arm at Fredericksburg.
HOLCOMB, DANIEL 1.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 41st Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Brentwood Hills, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Hartford, Ohio.
Date of issue. 22 February 1865. Citation. Capture of Confederate guidon.
HOLEHOUSE, JAMES (JOHN)
Rank and organization. Private, Company B, 7th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Marye's Heights, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service at: Fall River, Mass. Birth. England. Date
of issue: 10 September 1897. Citation: With one companion voluntarily and with conspicuous daring advanced beyond his regiment,
which had been broken In the assault, and halted beneath the crest. Following the example of these 2 men, the colors were
brought to the summit, the regiment was advanced and the position held.
HOLLAND, LEMUEL F.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 104th
Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Elk River, Tenn., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: La Salle County, Ill. Birth. Burlington,
Ohio. Date of issue: 30 October 1897. Citation: Voluntarily joined a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade
and saved the bridge.
HOLLAND, MILTON M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 5th U.S. Colored
Troops. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: Athens, Ohio. Born: 1844, Austin, Tex.
Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Took command of Company C, after all the officers had been killed or wounded, and gallantly
led it.
HOLLAT, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Third Class Boy, U.S. Navy.
Entered service at: New York. Birth: -----. G.O. No.: 1 I, 3 April 1863. Citation: Hollat served as third class boy on board
the U.S.S. Varuna during an attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, 24 April 1862. He rendered gallant service through the
perilous action and remained steadfast and courageous at his battle station despite extremely heavy fire and the ramming of
the Varuna by the rebel ship Morgan, continuing his efforts until his ship, repeatedly holed and fatally damaged, was beached
and sunk.
HOLMES, LOVILO N.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company H,
2d Minnesota Infantry. Place and date: At Nolensville, Tenn., 15 February 1863. Entered service at: Mankato, Minn. Birth:
Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Date of issue: 11 September 1897. Citation: Was one of a detachment of 16 men who heroically defended
a wagon train against the attack of 125 cavalry, repulsed the attack and saved the train.
HOLMES, WILLIAM T.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 3d Indiana
Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Indianapolis, Ind. Birth: Vermilion County,
Ill. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 27th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
HOLTON, CHARLES M.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company A,
7th Michigan Cavalry. Place and date: At Falling Waters, Va., 14 July 1863. Entered service at: Battle Creek, Mich. Born:
25 May 1838, Potter, N.Y. Date of issue: 21 March 1889. Citation: Capture of flag of 55th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.). In the
midst of the battle with foot soldiers he dismounted to capture the flag.
HOLTON, EDWARD A.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company I,
6th Vermont Infantry. Place and date: At Lees Mills, Va., 16 April 1862. Entered service at: Williston, Vt. Birth: Westminster,
Vt. Date of issue: 9 July 1892. Citation: Rescued the colors of his regiment under heavy fire, the color bearer having been
shot down while the troops were in retreat.
HOMAN, CONRAD
Rank and organization: Color Sergeant, Company A,
29th Massachusetts Infantry. Place and date: Near Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: Roxbury,
Mass. Date of issue: 3 June 1869. Citation: Fought his way through the enemy's lines with the regimental colors, the rest
of the color guard being killed or captured.
HOOKER, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company E,
4th Vermont Infantry. Place and date: At South Mountain, Md., 14 September 1862. Entered service at: Boston, Mass. Birth:
Salem, N.Y. Date of issue: 17 September 1891. Citation: Rode alone, in advance of his regiment, into the enemy's lines, and
before his own men came up received the surrender of the major of a Confederate regiment, together with the colors and 116
men.
HOOPER, WILLIAM B.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company L, 1st New
Jersey Cavalry. Place and date: At Chamberlains Creek, Va., 31 March 1865. Entered service at:------. Birth: Willimantic,
Conn. Date of issue: 3 July 1865. Citation: With the assistance of a comrade, headed off the advance of the enemy, shooting
two of his color bearers; also posted himself between the enemy and the led horses of his own command, thus saving the herd
from capture.
HOPKINS, CHARLES F.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 1st New
Jersey Infantry. Place and date: At Gaines Mill, Va., 27 June 1862. Entered service at:------. Birth: Warren County, N.J.
Date of issue: 9 July 1892. Citation: Voluntarily carried a wounded comrade, under heavy fire, to a place of safety; though
twice wounded in the act, he continued in action until again severely wounded.
HORAN, THOMAS
Rank and organization. Sergeant, Company E, 72d New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Dunkirk, N.Y. Birth:------. Date of issue:
5 April 1898. Citation: In a charge of his regiment this soldier captured the regimental flag of the 8th Florlda Infantry
(C.S.A.).
HORNE, SAMUEL B.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company H, 11th Connecticut
Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Harrison, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: Winsted, Conn. Born: 3 March 1843,
Ireland Date of issue: 19 November 1897. Citation: While acting as an aide and carrying an important message, was severely
wounded and his horse killed but delivered the order and rejoined his general.
HORSFALL, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization. Drummer, Company G, 1st Kentucky
Infantry. Place and date: At Corinth, Miss., 21 May 1862. Entered service at : ------. Birth: Campbell County, Ky. Date of
issue: 17 August 1895. Citation: Saved the life of a wounded officer lying between the lines.
HORTON, JAMES
Rank and organization: Gunner's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born:
1838, Massachusetts. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Served as gunner's mate on board
the U.S.S. Montauk, 21 September 1864. During the night of 21 September, when fire was discovered in the magazine lightroom
of the vessel, causing a panic and demoralizing the crew, Horton rushed into the cabin, obtained the magazine keys, sprang
into the lightroom and began passing out combustibles, Including the box of signals in which the fire originated.
HORTON, LEWIS A.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1839,
Bristol Mass. 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
task of rescuing the officers and crew of the sinking Monitor, Horton, 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.
HOTTENSTINE, SOLOMON J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 107th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg and Norfolk Railroad, Va., 19 August 1864. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth:
Lehigh County, Pa. Date of issue: 2 February 1865. Citation: Captured flag belonging to a North Carolina regiment, and through
a ruse led them into the arms of Federal troops.
HOUGH, IRA
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 8th Indiana
Infantry. Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service at: Henry County, Ind. Birth: Henry County,
Ind. Date of issue: 26 October 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
HOUGHTON, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company L, 14th New
York Artillery. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864; 25 March 1865. Entered service at: Ogdensburg, N.Y. Born:
30 April 1842, Macomb, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Date of issue: 5 April 1898. Citation: In the Union assault at the Crater
(30 July 1864), and in the Confederate assault repelled at Fort Haskell, displayed most conspicuous gallantry and repeatedly
exposed himself voluntarily to great danger, was 3 times wounded, and suffered loss of a leg.
HOUGHTON, EDWARD J.
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1843, Mobile, Ala. Accredited to: Alabama. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Houghton 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.
HOUGHTON, GEORGE L.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 104th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Elk River, Tenn., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Brookfield, Cook County, Ill. Birth: Canada.
Date of issue: 27 March 1900. Citation: Voluntarily joined a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and
saved the bridge.
HOULTON, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Commissary Sergeant, 1st West
Virginia Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Clymer, N.Y. Date
of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
HOWARD, HENDERSON C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 11th Pennsylvania
Reserves. Place and date: At Glendale, Va., 30 June 1862. Entered service at: Indiana, Pa. Birth:------. Date of issue: 30
March 1898. Citation: While pursuing one of the enemy's sharpshooters, encountered 2 others, whom he bayoneted in hand-to-hand
encounters; was 3 times wounded in action.
HOWARD, HIRAM R.
Rank and organization:. Private, Company H, 11th Ohio
Infantry Place and date. At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered service at: Ohio. Born. 17 February 1843, Urbana,
Ohio. Date of issue: 29 July 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.).
HOWARD, JAMES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 158th
New York Infantry. Place and date: At Battery Gregg, near Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at:------. Birth:
Newton, N.J. Date of issue: 12 May 1865. Citation: Carried the colors in advance of the line of battle, the flagstaff being
shot off while he was planting it on the parapet of the fort.
HOWARD, MARTIN
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born:
1843, Ireland. 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, Howard 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.
HOWARD, OLIVER O.
Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers.
Place and date: At Fair Oaks, Va., 1 June 1862. Entered service at: Maine. Born: 8 November 1830, Leeds, Maine. Date of issue:
29 March 1893. Citation: Led the 61st New York Infantry in a charge in which he was twice severely wounded in the right arm,
necessitating amputation.
HOWARD, PETER
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1829 France. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Mississippi
during the action against Port Hudson, 14 March 1863. Running aground during the darkness and in the midst of battle while
exposed to a devastating fire from enemy shore batteries, the Mississippi was ordered abandoned after a long and desperate
attempt to free her. Serving courageously throughout this period in which a steady fire was kept up against the enemy until
the ship was enveloped in flames and abandoned. Howard acted gallantly in his duties as boatswain's mate. Soon after the firing
of the Mississippi and its abandonment, it was seen to slide off the shoal, drift downstream and explode, leaving no possibility
of its falling into enemy hands.
HOWARD, SQUIRE E.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company H,
8th Vermont Infantry. Place and date: At Bayou Teche, La., 14 January 1863. Entered service at: Townshend, Vt. Birth: Jamaica,
Vt. Date of issue: 29 January 1894. Citation: Voluntarily carried an important message through the heavy fire of the enemy
to bring aid and save the gunboat Calhoun.
HOWE, ORION P.
Rank and organization: Musician, Company C, 55th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 19 May 1863. Entered service at: Woken, Ill. Birth: Portage County, Ohio. Date
of issue: 2 3 April 1896. Citation: A drummer boy, 14 years of age, and severely wounded and exposed to a heavy fire from
the enemy, he persistently remained upon the field of battle until he had reported to Gen. W. T. Sherman the necessity of
supplying cartridges for the use of troops under command of Colonel Malmborg.
HOWE, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 29th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Stedman, Va., 25 March 1865. Entered service at:------. Birth: Haverhill, Mass. Date of
issue: 8 March 1895. Citation: Served an abandoned gun under heavy fire.
HUBBELL, WILLIAM S.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company A, 21st Connecticut
Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Harrison, Va., 30 September 1864. Entered service at: North Stonington, Conn. Born: 19 April
1837, Wolcottville, Conn. Date of issue: 13 June 1894. Citation: Led out a small flanking party and by a clash and at great
risk captured a large number of prisoners.
HUDSON, AARON R.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 17th Indiana
Mounted Infantry. Place and date: At Culloden, Ga., April 1865. Entered service at: La Porte County, Ind. Birth: Madison County,
Ky. Date of issue: 17 June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of Worrill Grays (C.S.A.).
HUDSON, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps.
Born: 1834, Sligo County, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S.
Brooklyn during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite severe
damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked the decks, Sgt. Hudson fought his gun with skill
and courage throughout the furious 2-hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee.
HUGHES, OLIVER
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 12th Kentucky
Infantry. Place and date: At Weldon Railroad, Va., 24 June 1864. Entered service at: Albany, Ky. Born: 21 January 1841, Fentress
County, Tenn. Date of issue: 1 August 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 11th South Carolina (C.S.A.).
HUGHEY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company L, 2d Ohio
Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Highland, Ohio. Date of issue:
3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 38th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
HUIDEKOPER, HENRY S.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 150th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 17 July 1839, Meadville,
Pa. Date of issue: 27 May 1905. Citation: While engaged in repelling an attack of the enemy, received a severe wound of the
right arm, but instead of retiring remained at the front in command of the regiment.
HUNT, LOUIS T.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 6th Missouri
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Jefferson County, Mo. Birth: Montgomery County,
Ind. Date of issue: 12 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
HUNTER, CHARLES A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 34th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Spencer, Mass. Birth: Spencer, Mass. Date
of issue: 12 May 1865. Citation: In the assault on Fort Gregg, bore the regimental flag bravely and was among the foremost
to enter the work.
HUNTERSON, JOHN C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 3d Pennsylvania
Cavalry. Place and date: On the Peninsula, Va., 5 June 1862. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa.
Date of issue: 2 August 1897. Citation: While under fire, between the lines of the 2 armies, voluntarily gave up his own horse
to an engineer officer whom he was accompanying on a reconnaissance and whose horse had been killed, thus enabling the officer
to escape with valuable papers in his possession.
HUSKEY, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Fireman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1841,
New York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864. Citation: Fireman on board the U.S.S. Carondelet, Deer
Creek Expedition, March 1863. Carrying out his duties gallantly, Huskey volunteered to aid in the rescue of the tug Ivy under
the fire of the enemy, and set forth general meritorious conduct during this hazardous mission.
HYATT, THEODORE
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company D,
127th Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Gardner, Ill. Birth: Pennsylvania,
Date of issue: 9 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
HYDE, THOMAS W.
Rank and organization: Major, 7th Maine Infantry.
Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Entered service at: Bath, Maine. Birth: Italy. Date of issue: 8 April
1891. Citation: Led his regiment in an assault on a strong body of the enemy's infantry and kept up the fight until the greater
part of his men had been killed or wounded, bringing the remainder safely out of the fight.
HYLAND, JOHN
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1819,
Ireland. Accredited to: Illinois. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served as seaman on board the U.S.S. Signal which
was attacked by field batteries and sharpshooters and destroyed in Red River, 5 May 1864. Proceeding up the Red River, the
U.S.S. Signal engaged a large force of enemy field batteries and sharpshooters, returning their fire until the ship was totally
disabled, at which time the white flag was raised. Although wounded, Hyland courageously went in full view of several hundred
sharpshooters and let go the anchor, and again to slip the cable, when he was again wounded by the raking enemy fire.
HYMER, SAMUEL
Rank and organization: Captain, Company D, 115th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Buzzard's Roost Gap, Ga., 13 October 1864. Entered service at: Rushville, Schuyler County, Ill.
Born: 17 May 1829, Harrison County, Ind. Date of issue: 28 March 1896. Citation: With only 41 men under his command, defended
and held a blockhouse against the attack of Hood's Division for nearly 10 hours, thus checking the advance of the enemy and
insuring the safety of the balance of the regiment, as well as that of the 8th Kentucky Infantry, then stationed at Ringgold,
Ga.
ILGENFRITZ, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 207th
Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Sedgwick, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Pennsylvania. Birth: York
County, Pa. Date of issue: Unknown. Citation: The color bearer falling, pierced by 7 balls, he immediately sprang forward
and grasped the colors, planting them upon the enemy's forts amid a murderous fire of grape, canister, and musketry from the
enemy.
IMMELL, LORENZO D.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 2d U.S.
Artillery. Place and date: At Wilsons Creek, Mo., 10 August 1861. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Ross, Ohio. Date of issue:
19 July 1890. Citation: Bravery in action.
INGALLS, LEWIS J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 8th Vermont
Infantry. Place and date: At Boutte Station, La., 4 September 1862. Entered service an Belvidere, Vt. Birth: Boston, Mass.
Date of issue: 20 October 1899. Citation: A railroad train guarded by about 60 men on flat cars having been sidetracked by
a misplaced switch into an ambuscade of guerrillas who were rapidly shooting down the unprotected guards, this soldier, under
a severe fire in which he was wounded, ran to another switch and, opening it, enabled the train and the surviving guards to
escape.
INSCHO, LEONIDAS H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 12th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At South Mountain, Md., 14 September 1862. Entered service at: Charleston, W. Va. Birth: Chatham,
Ohio. Date of issue: 31 January 1894. Citation: Alone and unaided and with his left hand disabled, captured a Confederate
captain and 4 men.
IRLAM, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840,
England. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Stationed at the wheel 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. When heavy enemy fire
struck down several men at their guns and replacements were not available, Irlam voluntarily released 2 men who were stationed
with him and carried on at the wheel with the assistance of only one of the crew throughout the furious battle.
IRSCH, FRANCIS
Rank and organization: Captain, Company D, 45th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth:------. Date of issue:
27 May 1892. Citation: Gallantry in flanking the enemy and capturing a number of prisoners and in holding a part of the town
against heavy odds while the Army was rallying on Cemetery Hill.
IRVING, JOHN
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born:
1839, East Brooklyn, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn
during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage
to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks from stem to stern, Irving fought his gun with
skill and courage throughout the furious battle which resulted in the surrender of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the
damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
IRVING, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born:
1842, England. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Lehigh, Charleston
Harbor, 16 November 1863, during the hazardous task of freeing the Lehigh, which had grounded, and was under heavy enemy fire
from Fort Moultrie. Rowing the small boat which was used in the hazardous task of transferring hawsers from the Lehigh to
the Nahant. Irving twice succeeded in making the trip, while under severe fire from the enemy, only to find that each had
been in vain when the hawsers were cut by hostile fire and chaffing.
IRWIN, NICHOLAS
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833,
Denmark. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during action against
rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship and the
loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks from stem to stern, Irwin fought his gun with skill and courage
throughout the furious battle which resulted in the surrender of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction
of batteries at Fort Morgan.
IRWIN, PATRICK
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company H,
14th Michigan Infantry. Place and date: At Jonesboro, Ga., 1 September 1864. Entered service at: Ann Arbor, Mich. Born: 1839,
Ireland. Date of issue: 28 April 1896. Citation: In a charge by the 14th Michigan Infantry against the entrenched enemy was
the first man over the line of works of the enemy, and demanded and received the surrender of Confederate Gen. Daviel Govan
and his command.
JACKSON, FREDERICK R.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company F,
7th Connecticut Infantry. Place and date: At James Island, S.C., 16 June 1862. Entered service at: New Haven, Conn. Birth:
New Haven, Conn. Date of issue: 1863. Citation: Having his left arm shot away in a charge on the enemy, he continued on duty,
taking part in a second and a third charge until he fell exhausted from the loss of blood.
JACOBSON, EUGENE P.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 74th New York
Infantry. Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 2 May 1863. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth:------. Date of issue:
29 March 1865. Citation: Bravery in conducting a scouting party in front of the enemy.
JAMES, ISAAC
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 110th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Montgomery County, Ohio. Date
of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
JAMES, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1835, Boston, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. 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, James 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.
JAMES, MILES
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 36th U.S.
Colored Troops. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 30 September 1864. Entered service at: Norfolk, Va. Birth: Princess
Anne County, Va. Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Having had his arm mutilated, making immediate amputation necessary,
he loaded and discharged his piece with one hand and urged his men forward; this within 30 yards of the enemy's works.
JAMIESON, WALTER
Rank and organization: 1st Sergeant, Company B, 139th
New York Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864; At Fort Harrison, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service
at: New York, N.Y. Birth: France. Date of issue: 5 April 1898. Citation: Voluntarily went between the lines under a heavy
fire at Petersburg, Va., to the assistance of a wounded and helpless officer, whom he carried within the Union lines. At Fort
Harrison, Va., seized the regimental color, the color bearer and guard having been shot down, and, rushing forward, planted
it upon the fort in full view of the entire brigade.
JARDINE, JAMES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 54th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Hamilton County, Ohio. Birth: Scotland. Date
of issue: 5 April 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
JELLISON, BENJAMIN H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 19th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Newburyport, Mass. Birth: Newburyport, Mass.
Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 57th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.). He also assisted in taking prisoners.
JENKINS, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Biography
not available. 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 shell fire that her fate was sealed.
Serving bravely during this action, Jenkins was conspicuously cool under the fire of the enemy, never ceasing to fight until
this proud ship went down, "her colors nailed to the mast."
JENNINGS, JAMES T.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 56th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Weldon Railroad, Va., 20 August 1864. Entered service at: Bucks County, Pa. Birth: England. Date
of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 55th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.).
JEWETT, ERASTUS W.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company A,
9th Vermont Infantry. Place and date: At Newport Barracks, N.C., 2 February 1864. Entered service at: St. Albans, Vt. Birth:
St. Albans, Vt. Date of issue: 8 September 1891. Citation: By long and persistent resistance and burning the bridges kept
a superior force of the enemy at a distance and thus covered the retreat of the garrison.
JOHN, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 37th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Chillicothe, Ohio. Birth: Germany. Date of
issue: 14 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
JOHNDRO, FRANKLIN
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 118th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 30 September 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: Highgate Falls,
Vt. Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Capture of 40 prisoners.
JOHNS, (JONES) ELISHA
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 113th
Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Martintonk, Iroquois County, Ill.
Birth: Clinton, Ohio. Date of issue: 9 August 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
JOHNS, HENRY T.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 49th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Port Hudson, La., 27 May 1863. Entered service at: Hinsdale, Mass. Birth: ------. Date of issue.
25 November 1893. Citation: Volunteered in response to a call and took part in the movement that was made upon the enemy's
works under a heavy fire therefrom ?of a mile in advance of the general assault.
JOHNSON, ANDREW
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 116th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Assumption, Ill. Birth: Delaware County, Ohio.
Date of issue: 9 August 1894. Citation. Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
JOHNSON, FOLLETT
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 60th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At New Hope Church, Ga., 27 May 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: St. Lawrence, N.Y.
Date of issue: 6 April 1892. Citation: Voluntarily exposed himself to the fire of a Confederate sharpshooter, thus drawing
fire upon himself and enabling his comrade to shoot the sharpshooter.
JOHNSON, HENRY
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1824,
Norway. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 82, 23 February 1867. Citation: As seaman on board the U.S.S. Metacomet, Johnson
served 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. He braved the enemy fire which was said by the admiral
to be "one of the most galling" he had ever seen, and aided in rescuing from death 10 of the crew of the Tecumseh, thereby
eliciting the admiration of both friend and foe.
JOHNSON, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 2d Wisconsin
Infantry. Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862; Antietam. Entered service at: Janesville, Rock County,
Wis. Born: 25 March 1842, Norway. Date of issue: 28 August 1893. Citation: Conspicuous gallantry in battle in which he was
severely wounded. While serving as cannoneer he manned the positions of fallen gunners.
JOHNSON, JOSEPH E.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company A,
58th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Harrison, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: ------. Born: 5
February 1843, Lower Merion, Montgomery County, Pa. Date of issue: 1 April 1898. Citation: Though twice severely wounded while
advancing in the assault, he disregarded his injuries and was among the first to enter the fort, where he was wounded for
the third time.
JOHNSON, RUEL M.
Rank and organization: Major, 100th Indiana Infantry.
Place and date: At Chattanooga, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered service at: Goshen Ind. Birth: ------. Date of issue: 24
August 1896. Citation: While in command of the regiment bravely exposed himself to the fire of the enemy, encouraging and
cheering his men.
JOHNSON, SAMUEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 9th Pennsylvania
Reserves. Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Entered service at: Connellsville, Pa. Born: 1845, Fayette
County, Pa. G.0. No.: 160, 30 May 1863. Citation: Individual bravery and daring in capturing from the enemy 2 colors of the
1st Texas Rangers (C.S.A.), receiving in the act a severe wound.
JOHNSON, WALLACE W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 6th Pennsylvania
Reserves. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Waverly, N.Y. Birth: Newfield, N.Y. Date of
issue: 8 August 1900. Citation: With five other volunteers gallantly charged on a number of the enemy's sharpshooters concealed
in a log house, captured them, and brought them into the Union lines.
JOHNSTON, DAVID
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 8th Missouri
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Warsaw County, Ill. Birth: Indiana County,
Pa. Date of issue: 16 August 1884. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
JOHNSTON, WILLIAM P.
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Entered
service at: Chicago, Ill. Birth: Chicago, Ill. 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. Badly wounded in the hand during the action, Johnston, despite
his wound, took the place of another man to sponge and lead one of the guns throughout the entire action in which the Fort
Hindman was raked severely with shot and shell from the enemy guns.
JOHNSTON, WILLIE
Rank and organization: Musician, Company D, 3d Vermont
Infantry. Place and date: Unknown. Entered service at: St. Johnsbury, Vt. Birth: Morristown, N.Y. Date of issue: 16 September
1863. Citation: Date and place of act not on record in War Department.
JONES, ANDREW
Rank and organization: Chief Boatswain's Mate, U.S.
Navy. Born: 1835, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served as chief boatswain's
mate on board the U.S. Ironclad, Chickasaw, Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Although his enlistment was up, Jones volunteered for
the battle of Mobile Bay, going on board the Chickasaw from the Vincennes where he then carried out his duties gallantly throughout
the engagement with the enemy which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee.
JONES, DAVID
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 54th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Fayette County, Ohio. Date
of issue: 13 June 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
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.
JONES, JOHN E.
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born:
1834, New York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served as quartermaster on board the
U.S.S. Oneida in the engagement at Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Stationed at the wheel during the fierce action, Jones, though
wounded, carried out his duties gallantly by going to the poop to assist at the signals after the wheel ropes were shot away
and remained there until ordered to reeve new wheel ropes.
JONES, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born:
1820, Baltimore, Md. Accredited to: Maryland. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Ticonderoga during
attacks on Fort Fisher, 24 and 25 December 1864; and 13 to 15 January 1865. Despite heavy return fire by the enemy and the
explosion of the 100-pounder Parrott rifle which killed 8 men and wounded 12 more, Jones, as captain of a gun, performed his
duties with skill and courage during the first 2 days of battle. As his ship again took position on the line on the 13th,
he remained steadfast as the Ticonderoga maintained a well-placed fire upon the batteries on shore, and thereafter, as she
materially lessened the power of guns on the mound which had been turned upon our assaulting columns. During this action the
flag was planted on one side of the strongest fortifications possessed by the rebels.
JONES, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1831, Philadelphia, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: As captain of a gun on
board the U.S.S. Rlchmond 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, Jones fought his gun
with skill and courage throughout the prolonged battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the
damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
JONES, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company A,
73d New York Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Ireland.
Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 65th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
JORDAN, ABSALOM
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 3d Indiana
Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: North Madison, Ind. Birth: Brown County,
Ohio. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
JORDAN, ROBERT
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born:
1826, New York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Attached to the U.S.S. Minnesota and temporarily
serving on the U.S.S. Mount Washington, during action against the enemy in the Nansemond River, 14 April 1863. When the Mount
Washington drifted against the bank following several successive hits which struck her boilers and stopped her engines, Jordan
boarded the stricken vessel and, for 6 hours as fierce artillery and musketry continued to rake her decks, calmly assisted
in manning a 12-pound howitzer which had been mounted on the open hurricane deck.
JORDAN, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born:
1840, Portsmouth, Va. Accredited to: Virginia. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Calena during the
attack on enemy forts at Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Securely lashed to the side of the Oneida which had suffered the loss
of her steering apparatus and an explosion of her boiler from enemy fire, the Calena aided the stricken vessel past the enemy
forts to safety. Despite heavy damage to his ship from raking enemy fire, Jordan performed his duties with skill and courage
throughout the action.
JOSSELYN, SIMEON T.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company C,
13th Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered service at: Amboy, Ill. Born:
14 January 1842, Buffalo, N.Y. Date of issue: 4 April 1898. Citation: While commanding his company, deployed as skirmishers,
came upon a large body of the enemy, taking a number of them prisoner. Lt. Josselyn himself shot their color bearer, seized
the colors and brought them back to his regiment.
JUDGE, FRANCIS W.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company K,
79th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tenn., 29 November 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
England. Date of issue: 2 November 1870. Citation: The color bearer of the 51st Georgia Infantry. (C.S.A.), having planted
his flag upon the side of the work, Sgt. Judge leaped from his position of safety, sprang upon the parapet, and in the face
of a concentrated fire seized the flag and returned with it in safety to the fort.
KAISER, JOHN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 2d U.S.
Artillery. Place and date: At Richmond, Va., 27 June 1862. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 2 April
1878. Citation: Gallant and meritorious service during the 7 days' battles before Richmond, Va.
KALTENBACH, LUTHER
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 12th Iowa
Infantry. Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service at: Honey Creek, Iowa. Birth: Germany. Date
of issue: 24 February 1865. Citation: Capture of flag, of 44th Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.).
KANE, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company K, 100th
New York Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
12 May 1865. Citation: Gallantry as color bearer in the assault on Fort Gregg.
KANE, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Captain of the Hold, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1841
Jersey City, N.J. Accredited to: New Jersey. G.O.
No.: 84, 3 October 1867. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Nereus during the attack on Fort Fisher, on 15 January 1865. Kane,
as captain of the hold, displayed outstanding skill and courage as his ship maintained its well-directed fire against fortifications
on shore despite the enemy's return fire. When a rebel steamer was discovered in the river back of the fort, the Nereus, with
forward rifle guns trained, drove the ship off at the third fire. The gallant ship's participation contributed to the planting
of the flag on one of the strongest fortifications possessed by the rebels.
KAPPESSER, PETER
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 149th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Lookout Mountain, Tenn., 24 November 1863. Entered service at: Syracuse, N.Y. Birth: Germany.
Date of issue: 28 June 1865. Citation: Capture of Confederate flag (Bragg's army).
KARPELES, LEOPOLD
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 57th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864. Entered service at: Springfield, Mass. Birth: Hungary. Date of issue:
30 April 1870. Citation: While color bearer, rallied the retreating troops and induced them to check the enemy's advance.
KAUSS (KAUTZ), AUGUST
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 15th New
York Heavy Artillery. Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Germany.
Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of battle flag.
KEELE, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 182d New York
Infantry. Place and date: At North Anna River, Va., 23 May 1864. Entered service at: Staten Island, N.Y. Birth: Ireland. Date
of issue: 25 October 1867. Citation: Voluntarily and at the risk of his life carried orders to the brigade commander, which
resulted in saving the works his regiment was defending.
KEEN, JOSEPH S.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 13th Michigan
Infantry. Place and date: Near Chattahoochee River, Ga., 1 October 1864. Entered service at: Detroit, Mich. Born: 24 July
1843, England. Date of issue: 4 August 1899. Citation: While an escaped prisoner of war within the enemy's lines witnessed
an important movement of the enemy, and at great personal risk made his way through the enemy's lines and brought news of
the movement to Sherman's army.
KEENE, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 26th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862. Entered service at: ------. Birth: England. Date
of issue: 2 December 1892. Citation: Voluntarily seized the colors after several color bearers had been shot down and led
the regiment in the charge.
KELLEY, ANDREW J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 17th Michigan
Infantry. Place and date: At Knoxville, Tenn., 20 November 1863. Entered service at: Ypsilanti, Mich. Born: 2 September 1845,
Lagrange County, Ind. Date of issue: 17 April 1900. Citation: Having voluntarily accompanied a small party to destroy buildings
within the enemy's lines whence sharpshooters had been firing, disregarded an order to retire, remained and completed the
firing of the buildings, thus insuring their total destruction; this at the imminent risk of his life from the fire of the
advancing enemy.
KELLEY, GEORGE V.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company A, 104th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864. Entered service at: Massillon, Ohio. Born: 23 March 1843,
Massillon, Ohio. Date of issue: 13 February 1865. Citation: Capture of flag supposed to be of Cheatham's Corps (C.S.A.).
KELLEY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Second Class Fireman, U.S.
Navy. Birth: Ireland. Accredited to: Ireland. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Served as second-class fireman on board
the U.S.S. Ceres in the fight near Hamilton, Roanoke River, 9 July 1862. When his ship was fired on by the enemy with small
arms, Kelley returned the raking fire, courageously carrying out his duties through the engagement and was spoken of for "good
conduct and cool bravery under enemy fires," by the commanding officer.
KELLEY, LEVERETT M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 36th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered service at: Rutland, Ill. Birth: Schenectady,
N.Y. Date of issue: 4 April 1900. Citation: Sprang over the works just captured from the enemy, and calling upon his comrades
to follow, rushed forward in the face of a deadly fire and was among the first over the works on the summit, where he compelled
the surrender of a Confederate officer and received his sword.
KELLY, ALEXANDER
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company F,
6th U.S. Colored Troops. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth. Pennsylvania.
Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Gallantly seized the colors, which had fallen near the enemy's lines of abatis, raised
them and rallied the men at a time of confusion and in a place of the greatest danger.
KELLY, DANIEL
Rank and organization: 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.
KELLY, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 6th New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Front Royal, Va., 16 August 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
26 August 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
KEMP, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company D,
5th Michigan Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864. Entered service at: Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Birth:
Lima, Ohio. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 31st North Carolina (C.S.A.) in a personal encounter.
KENDALL, WILLIAM W.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company A,
49th Indiana Infantry. Place and date: At Black River Bridge, Miss., 17 May 1863. Entered service at: Dubois County, Ind.
Birth: Dubois County, Ind. Date of issue: 12 February 1894. Citation: Voluntarily led the company in a charge and was the
first to enter the enemy's works, taking a number of prisoners.
KENDRICK, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born:
1839, Bath, Maine. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served as coxswain on board the U.S.S.
Oneida in the engagement at Mobile Bay, 5 August, 1864. Volunteering for the Mobile Bay action from Bienville, Kendrick displayed
courageous devotion to duty, and his excellent conduct throughout the battle which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram
Tennessee and in the damaging of Fort Morgan, attracted the attention of the commanding officer and those serving around him.
KENNA, BARNETT
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born:
1827, England. Accredited to: Massachusetts. 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 from stem to stern Kenna fought his gun with skill
and courage throughout the furious action which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and
destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
KENNEDY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company M, 2d U.S.
Artillery. Place and date: At Trevilian Station, Va., 11 June 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
19 August 1892. Citation: Remained at his gun, res1sting with its implements the advancing cavalry, and thus secured the retreat
of his detachment.
KENYON, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Fireman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840,
New York. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Calena in the attack upon Drewry's
Bluff, 15 May 1862. Severely burned while extricating a priming wire which had become bent and fixed in the bow gun while
his ship underwent terrific shelling from the enemy, Kenyon hastily dressed his hands with cotton waste and oil and courageously
returned to his gun while enemy sharpshooters in rifle pits along the banks continued to direct their fire at the men at the
guns.
KENYON, JOHN S.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 3d New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Trenton, N.C., 15 May 1862. Entered service at: Schenevus, N.Y. Born: 5 May 1843, Grosvenors,
Schoharie County, N.Y. Date of issue: 28 September 1897. Citation: Voluntarily left a retiring column, returned in face of
the enemy's fire, helped a wounded man upon a horse, and so enable him to escape capture or death.
KENYON, SAMUEL P.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 24th New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creeks, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Oriskany Falls, N.Y. Birth: Ira, N.Y.
Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of battle flag.
KEOUGH, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 67th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Albany, N.Y. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of battle flag of 50th Georgia Infantry (C.S.A.).
KEPHART, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 13th U.S.
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 19 May 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Venango County, Pa. Date of
issue: 13 May 1899. Citation: Voluntarily and at the risk of his life, under a severe fire of the enemy, aided and ass1sted
to the rear an officer who had been severely wounded and left on the field.
KERR, THOMAS R.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company C, 14th Pennsylvania
Cavalry. Place and date: At Moorfield, W. Va., 7 August 1864. Entered service at: Pittsburgh, Pa. Born: 24 April 1843, Ireland.
Date of issue: 13 June 1894. Citation: After being most desperately wounded, he captured the colors of the 8th Virginia Cavalry
(C.S.A.).
KIGGINS, JOHN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 149th
New York Infantry. Place and date: At Lookout Mountain, Tenn., 24 November 1863. Entered service at: Syracuse, N.Y. Birth:
Syracuse, N.Y. Date of issue: 12 January 1892. Citation: Waved the colors to save the lives of the men who were being fired
upon by their own batteries, and thereby drew upon himself a concentrated fire from the enemy.
KIMBALL, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 2d West
Virginia Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Ironton, Ohio. Birth: Littleton,
N.H. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 6th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.).
KINDIG, JOHN M.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 63d Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: East Liberty, Pa. Date of
issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 28th North Carolina Infantry. (C.S.A.).
KING, HORATIO C.
Rank and organization: Major and Quartermaster, U.S.
Volunteers. Place and date: Near Dinwiddie Courthouse, Va., 31 March 1865. Entered service at: Brooklyn, N.Y. Born: 22 December
1837, Portland, Maine. Date of issue: 23 September 1897. Citation: While serving as a volunteer aide, carried orders to the
reserve brigade and participated with it in the charge which repulsed the enemy.
KING, ROBERT H.
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Place:
Plymouth, N.C. Born: 1845, New York. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: King served on board
the U.S. Picket Boat No. 1, in action, 27 October 1864, against the Confederate ram, Albemarle, which had res1sted 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.
KING, RUFUS, JR.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 4th U.S.
Artillery. Place and date: At White Oak Swamp Bridge, Va., 30 June 1862. Entered service at: New York. Birth: New York. Date
of issue: 2 April 1898. Citation: This officer, when his captain was wounded, succeeded to the command of two batteries while
engaged against a superior force of the enemy and fought his guns most gallantly until compelled to retire.
KINNAIRD, SAMUEL W.
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born:
1843, New York, N.Y. ,Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served as a landsman on board the
U.S.S. Lackawanna during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August
1864. Showing a presence of mind and cheerfulness that had much to do with maintaining the crew's morale, Kinnaird served
gallantly through the action which resulted in the capture of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the destruction of batteries
at Fort Morgan.
KINSEY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 45th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 18 May 1864. Entered service at: -----. Birth: Lancaster County, Pa. Date
of issue: 2 March 1897. Citation: Seized the colors, the color bearer having been shot, and with great gallantry succeeded
in saving them from capture.
KIRBY, DENNIS T.
Rank and organization: Major, 8th Missouri Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo. Born: 14 September 1838, Niagara, County,
N.Y. Date of issue: 31 January 1894. Citation: Seized the colors when the color bearer was killed and bore them himself in
the assault.
KIRK, JONATHAN C.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company F, 20th Indiana
Infantry. Place and date: At North Anna River, Va., 23 May 1864. Entered service at: Wilmington, Ohio. Birth: Clinton County,
Ohio. Date of issue: 13 June 1894. Citation: Volunteered for dangerous service and single-handedly captured 13 armed Confederate
soldiers and marched them to the rear.
KLINE, HARRY
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 40th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Syracuse, N.Y. Birth: Germany. Date
of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of battle flag.
KLOTH, CHARLES H.
Rank and Organization: Private, Chicago Mercantile
Battery, Illinois Light Artillery. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Birth:
Europe. 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.
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.
KNIGHT, WILLIAM J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 21st Ohio
Infantry. Place and date. Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Farmer Center, Defiance County, Ohio. Born: 29 January
1837, Apple Creek. Wayne County, Ohio. Date of issue: September 1863. Citation. One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians)
who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad
train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
KNOWLES, ABIATHER J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 2d Maine
Infantry. Place and date: At Bull Run, Va., 21 July 1861, Entered service at: ------. Born: 15 March 1830, LaGrange, Maine.
Date of issue: 27 December 1894. Citation: Removed dead and wounded under heavy fire.
KNOX, EDWARD M.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 15th New
York Battery. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date
of issue: 18 October 1892. Citation: Held his ground with the battery after the other batteries had fallen back until compelled
to draw his piece off by hand; he was severely wounded.
KOOGLE, JACOB
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company G,
7th Maryland Infantry. Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Frederick, Md.
Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of battle flag.
KOUNTZ, JOHN S.
Rank and organization: Musician, Company G, 37th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered service at: Maumee, Ohio. Birth: Maumee, Ohio.
Date of issue: 13 August 1895. Citation: Seized a musket and joined in the charge in which he was severely wounded.
KRAMER, THEODORE L.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 188th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: Danville, Pa. Birth: Luzerne County,
Pa. Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Took one of the first prisoners, a captain.
KRETSINGER, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Private, Chicago Mercantile
Battery, Illinois Light Artillery. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Birth:
Herkimer County, N.Y. Date of issue: 20 July 1897. Citation: Carried with others by hand a cannon up to and fired it through
an embrasure of the enemy's works.
KUDER, ANDREW
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 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.
KUDER, JEREMIAH
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company A, 74th
Indiana Infantry. Place and date: At Jonesboro, Ga., 1 September 1864. Entered service at: Warsaw, Ind. Birth: Seneca County,
Ohio. Date of issue: 7 April 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 8th and 19th Arkansas (C.S.A.).
LABILL, JOSEPH S.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 6th Missouri
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Vandalia, Ill. Birth: France. Date of issue:
14 August 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
LADD, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 22d New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Waynesboro, Va., 2 March 1865. Entered service at: Carmillus, Onondaga County, N.Y. Birth:
Carmillus, N.Y. Date of issue: 26 March 1865. Citation: Captured a standard bearer, his flag, horse and equipment.
LAFFERTY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Fireman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1842,
New York, N.Y. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Wyalusing
and participated in a plan to destroy the rebel ram Albemarle in Roanoke River, 25 May 1864. Volunteering for the hazardous
mission, Lafferty participated in the transfer of two torpedoes across an island swamp and then served as sentry to keep guard
of clothes and arms left by other members of the party. After being rejoined by others of the party who had been discovered
before the plan could be completed, Lafferty succeeded in returning to the mother ship after spending 24 hours of discomfort
in the rain and swamp.
LAFFEY, BARTLETT
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1841,
Ireland. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864. Citation. Off Yazoo City, Miss., 5 March 1864, embarking
from the Marmora with a 12-pound howitzer mounted on a field carriage, Laffey 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.
LAING, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 158th
New York Infantry. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Hempstead,
N.Y. Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Was among the first to scale the parapet.
LAKIN, DANIEL
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1834,
Baltimore Md. Accredited to: Maryland. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Commodore Perry in the attack
upon Franklin, Va., 3 October 1862. With enemy fire raking the deck of his ship and blockades thwarting her progress, Lakin
remained at his post and performed his duties with skill and courage as the Commodore Perry fought a gallant battle to silence
many rebel batteries as she steamed down the Blackwater River.
LANDIS, JAMES P.
Rank and organization: Chief Bugler, 1st Pennsylvania
Cavalry. Place and date: At Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Mifflin County, Pa. Date
of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
LANE, MORGAN D.
Rank and organization: Private, Signal Corps, U.S.
Army. Place and date: Near Jetersville, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Allegany Mich. Birth: Monroe, N.Y. Date of
issue: 16 March 1866. Citation Capture of flag of gunboat Nansemond.
LANFARE, AARON S.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company B,
1st Connecticut Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Branford, Conn. Birth: Branford,
Conn. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 11th Florida Infantry (C.S.A.).
LANGBEIN, J. C. JULIUS
Rank and organization: Musician, Company B, 9th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Camden, N.C., 19 April 1862. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Born: 29 September 1846,
Germany. Date of issue: 7 January 1895. Citation: A drummer boy, 15 years of age, he voluntarily and under a heavy fire went
to the aid of a wounded officer, procured medical ass1stance for him, and aided in carrying him to a place of safety.
LANN, JOHN S.
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born:
1842 Rochester, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: As landsman on board the U.S.S. Magnolia,
St. Marks, Fla., 5 and 6 March, Lann served with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during the attack on St. Marks and throughout
this fierce engagement made remarkable efforts in ass1sting transport of the gun. His coolness and determination in standing
by his gun while under the fire of the enemy were a credit to the service to which he belonged.
LARIMER, SMITH
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 2d Ohio
Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Columbus, Ohio. Birth: Richland County,
Ohio. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of General Kershaw's headquarters.
LARRABEE, JAMES W.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 55th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Mendota, Ill. Birth: Rensselaer County, N.Y.
Date of issue: 2 September 1893. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
LAWSON, GAINES
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company D,
4th East Tennessee Infantry. Place and date: At Minville, Tenn., 3 October 1863. Entered service at: Tennessee. Born: 1841,
Hawkins County, Tenn. Date of issue: 11 June 1895. Citation: Went to the aid of a wounded comrade between the lines and carried
him to a place of safety.
LAWSON, JOHN
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born:
1837, Pennsylvania. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the flagship U.S.S. Hartford
during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864. Wounded
in the leg and thrown violently against the side of the ship when an enemy shell killed or wounded the 6-man crew as the shell
whipped on the berth deck, Lawson, upon regaining his composure, promptly returned to his station and, although urged to go
below for treatment, steadfastly continued his duties throughout the remainder of the action.
LAWTON, HENRY W.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company A, 30th Indiana
Infantry. Place and date: At Atlanta, Ga., 3 August 1864. Entered service at: Ft. Wayne, Allen County, Ind. Birth: Ohio. Date
of issue: 22 May 1893. Citation: Led a charge of skirmishers against the enemy's rifle pits and stubbornly and successfully
resisted 2 determined attacks of the enemy to retake the works.
LEAR, NICHOLAS
Rank and organization. Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born:
1826, Rhode Island. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Lear 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 order was given by the flagship.
LEE, JAMES H.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840,
New York. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served as seaman on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge
when she destroyed the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864. Acting as sponger of the No. 1 gun during this bitter
engagement, Lee exhibited marked coolness and good conduct and was highly recommended for his gallantry under fire by the
divisional officer.
LELAND, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Gunner's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born:
1834, Savannah, Ga. Accredited to: Georgia. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Lehigh, Charleston
Harbor, 16 November 1863, during the hazardous task, of freeing the Lehigh, which had grounded, and was under heavy enemy
fire from Fort Moultrie. Rowing the small boat which was used in the hazardous task of transferring hawsers from the Lehigh
to the Nahant, Leland twice succeeded in making the trip, only to find that each had been in vain when the hawsers were cut
by enemy fire and chaffing.
LEON, PIERRE
Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle,
U.S. Navy. Born: 1837, New Orleans, La. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Serving on board
the U.S.S. Baron De Kalb, Yazoo River Expedition, 23 to 27 December 1862. Proceeding under orders up the Yazoo River, the
U.S.S. Baron De Kalb, with the object of capturing or destroying the enemy's transports, came upon the steamers John Walsh,
R. J. Locklan, Golden Age and the Scotland sunk on a bar where they were ordered fired. Continuing up the river, she was fired
on, but upon returning the fire, caused the enemy's retreat. Returning down the Yazoo, she destroyed and captured larger quantities
of enemy equipment and several prisoners. Serving bravely throughout this action, Leon, as captain of the forecastle, "d1stinguished
himself in the various actions."
LEONARD, EDWIN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 37th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: Near Petersburg, Va., 18 June 1864. Entered service at: Agawan, Mass. Birth: Agawan, Mass. Date
of issue: 16 August 1894. Citation: Voluntarily exposed himself to the fire of a Union brigade to stop their firing on the
Union skirmish line.
LEONARD, WILLIAM E.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 85th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Deep Bottom, Va., 16 April 1864. Entered service at: Jacksonville, Pa. Birth: Greene County,
Pa. Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Capture of battle flag.
LESLIE, FRANK
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 4th New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Front Royal, Va., 15 August 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: England. Date of issue:
26 August 1864. Citation: Capture of colors of 3d Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
LEVY, BENJAMIN
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 1st New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Glendale, Va., 30 June 1862. Entered service at: ------. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue:
1 March 1865. Citation: This soldier, a drummer boy, took the gun of a sick comrade, went into the fight, and when the color
bearers were shot down, carried the colors and saved them from capture.
LEWIS, DEWITT CLINTON
Rank and organization: Captain, Company F, 97th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Secessionville, S.C., 16 June 1862. Entered service at: ------. Birth: West Chester, Pa. Date
of issue: 23 April 1896. Citation: While retiring with his men before a heavy fire of can1ster shot at short range, returned
in the face of the enemy's fire and rescued an exhausted private of his company who but for this timely action would have
lost his life by drowning in the morass through which the troops were retiring.
LEWIS, HENRY
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 47th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 3 May 1863. Entered service at: Adrian, Mich. Born: 14 December 1842, Van Buren
Township, Wayne County, Mich. Date of issue: 17 April 1917. Citation: Was one of a party that volunteered and attempted to
run the enemy's batteries with a steam tug and two barges loaded with subs1stence stores.
LEWIS, SAMUEL E.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 1st Rhode
Island Light Artillery. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Coventry, R.I. Birth: Coventry,
R.I. Date of issue: 16 June 1866. Citation: Was one of a detachment of 20 picked artillerymen who voluntarily accompanied
an infantry assaulting party and who turned upon the enemy the guns captured in the assault.
LIBAIRE, ADOLPHE
Rank and organization: Captain, Company E, 9th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth:------. Date
of issue: 2 April 1898. Citation: In the advance on the enemy and after his color bearer and the entire color guard of 8 men
had been shot down, this officer seized the regimental flag and with conspicuous gallantry carried it to the extreme front,
urging the line forward.
LILLEY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 205th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at:------. Birth: Mifflin County, Pa. Date of
issue: 20 May 1865. Citation: After his regiment began to waiver he rushed on alone to capture the enemy flag. He reached
the works and the Confederate color bearer who, at bayonet point, he caused to surrender with several enemy soldiers. He kept
his prisoners in tow when they realized he was alone as his regiment in the meantime withdrew further to the rear.
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.
LITTLEFIELD, GEORGE H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 1st Maine
Veteran Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Fisher, Va., 25 March 1865. Entered service at: Skowhegan, Maine. Birth: Skowhegan,
Maine. Date of issue: 22 June 1885. Citation: The color sergeant having been wounded, this soldier picked up the flag and
bore it to the front, to the great encouragement of the charging column.
LIVINGSTON, JOSIAH O.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, and Adjutant,
9th Vermont Infantry. Place and date: At Newport Barracks, N.C., 2 February 1864. Entered service at: Marshfield, Vt. Birth:
Walden, Vt. Date of issue: 8 September 1891. Citation: When, after desperate res1stance, the small garrison had been driven
back to the river by a vastly superior force, this officer, while a small force held back the enemy, personally fired the
railroad bridge, and, although wounded himself, ass1sted a wounded officer over the burning structure.
LLOYD, BENJAMIN
Rank and organization: Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy. Born:
1839. England. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Wyalusing
and participating in a plan to destroy the rebel ram Albemarle in Roanoke River, 25 May 1864. Volunteering for the hazardous
mission, Lloyd participated in the transfer of two torpedoes across an island swamp. Serving as boatkeeper, he aided in rescuing
others of the party who had been detected before the plan could be completed, but who escaped, leaving detection of the plan
impossible. By his skill and courage, Lloyd succeeded in returning to the mother ship after spending 24 hours of discomfort
in the rain and swamp.
LLOYD, JOHN W.
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born.
1831, New York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Wyalusing
during an attempt to destroy the rebel ram Albemarle in Roanoke River, 25 May 1864, Lloyd participated in this daring plan
by swimming the Roanoke River heavily weighted with a line which was used for hauling torpedoes across. Thwarted by discovery
just before the completion of the plan, Lloyd cut the torpedo guiding line to prevent detection of the plan by the enemy and
again swam the river, narrowly escaping enemy musket fire and regaining the ship in safety.
LOCKE, LEWIS
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 1st New
Jersey Cavalry. Place and date: At Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865. Entered service at: Jersey City, N.J. Birth: Clintonville,
N.Y. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of a Confederate flag.
*LOGAN, HUGH
Rank and organization: Captain of the Afterguard,
U.S. Navy. Born: 1834, Ireland. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Rhode
Island which was engaged in rescuing men from the stricken Monitor in Mobile Bay, on 30 December 1862. After the Monitor sprang
a leak and went down, Logan courageously risked his life in a gallant attempt to rescue members of the crew. Although sacrificing
his life during the hazardous operation, he had made every effort possible to save the lives of his fellow men.
LONERGAN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Captain, Company A, 13th Vermont
Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Burlington, Vt. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
28 October 1893. Citation: Gallantry in the recapture of 4 guns and the capture of 2 additional guns from the enemy; also
the capture of a number of prisoners.
LONGSHORE, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 30th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Muskingum County, Ohio. Date
of issue: 10 August 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
LONSWAY, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 20th New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Murfrees Station, Va., 16 October 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: Clayton, N.Y. Date
of issue: Unknown. Citation: Volunteered to swim Blackwater River to get a large flat used as a ferry on other side; succeeded
in getting the boat safely across, making it possible for a detachment to cross the river and take possession of the enemy's
breastworks.
LORD, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Musician, Company C, 40th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Drurys Bluff, Va., 16 May 1864. Entered service at. Lawrence, Mass. Birth: England. Date ·r issue.
4 April 1898. Citation: Went to the assistance of a wounded officer Iying helpless between the lines, and under fire from
both sides removed him to a place of safety.
LORISH, ANDREW J.
Rank and organization: Commissary Sergeant, 19th New
York Cavalry (1st New York Dragoons). Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service at:------. Born:
8 November 1832, Dansville, Steuben County, N.Y. Date of issue: 27 September 1864 Citation: Amid the enemy he grabbed the
flag from a color bearer who then called for help. When the bearer's comrades were readying their rifles he dashed directly
at them securing their disarming. As he rode away, the Confederates picked up their guns firing at the captor of their flag.
LOVE, GEORGE M.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 116th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service at: New York. Birth: New York. Date of issue: 6 March
1865. Citation: Capture of battle flag of 2d South Carolina (C.S.A.).
LOVERING, GEORGE M.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company I,
4th Massachusetts Infantry. Place and date: At Port Hudson, La., 14 June 1863. Entered service at: East Randolph, Mass. Born:
10 January 1832, Springfield, N.H. Date of issue: 19 November 1891. Citation: During a momentary confusion in the ranks caused
by other troops rushing upon the regiment, this soldier, with coolness and determination, rendered efficient aid in preventing
a panic among the troops.
LOWER, CYRUS B.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 13th Pennsylvania
Reserves. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 7 May 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Lawrence County, Pa. Date of
issue. 20 July 1887. Citation: Gallant services and soldierly qualities in voluntarily rejoining his command after having
been wounded.
LOWER, ROBERT A.
Rank and organization. Private, Company K, 55th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Elmwood, Ill. Birth: Illinois. Date of issue:
2 September 1893. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
LOYD, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 122d Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at. ------. Birth: Muskingum County, Ohio. Date
of issue: 16 April 1891. Citation: Capture of division flag of General Heth.
LUCAS, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 3d Missouri
Cavalry. Place and date: At Benton, Ark., 25 July 1864. Entered service at: Mt. Sterling, Brown County, Ill. Birth: Adams
County, Ill. Date of issue: December 1864. Citation: Pursued and killed Confederate Brig. Gen. George M. Holt, Arkansas Militia,
capturing his arms and horse.
LUCE, MOSES A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 4th Michigan
Infantry. Place and date: At Laurel Hill, Va., 10 May 1864. Entered service at: Hillsdale, Mich. Born: 14 May 1842, Payson,
Adams County, Ill. Date of issue: 7 February 1895. Citation: Voluntarily returned in the face of the advancing enemy to the
assistance of a wounded and helpless comrade, and carried him, at imminent peril, to a place of safety.
LUDGATE, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Captain, Company G, 59th New
York Veteran Infantry. Place and date: At Farmville, Va., 7 April 1865. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: England.
Date of issue: 10 August 1889. Citation: Gallantry and promptness in rallying his men and advancing with a small detachment
to save a bridge about to be fired by the enemy.
LUDWIG, CARL
Rank and organization: Private, 34th New York Battery.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 18 June 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: France. Date of issue: 30 July 1896.
Citation: As gunner of his piece, inflicted singly a great loss upon the enemy and distinguished himself in the removal of
the piece while under a heavy fire.
LUNT, ALPHONSO M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 38th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Opequan Creek, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service at: Cambridge, Mass. Birth: Berwick, Maine.
Date of issue: 10 May 1894. Citation: Carried his flag to the most advanced position where, left almost alone close to the
enemy's lines he refused their demand to surrender, withdrew at great personal peril, and saved his flag.
LUTES, FRANKLIN W.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 111th
New York Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 31 March 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Oneida County, N.Y.
Date of issue: 3 April 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 41st Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.), together with the color bearer and
one of the color guard.
LUTHER, JAMES H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 7th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Dighton, Mass. Date of issue:
28 June 1890. Citation: Among the first to jump into the enemy's rifle pits, he himself captured and brought out three prisoners.
LUTY, GOTLIEB
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 74th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service at: West Manchester, Pa. Birth: Allegheny
County, Pa. Date of issue: 5 October 1876. Citation: Bravely advanced to the enemy's line under heavy fire and brought back
valuable information.
LYMAN, JOEL H.
Rank and organization: Quartermaster Sergeant, Company
B, 9th New York Cavalry. Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service at: East Randolph, N.Y. Birth:
Cattaraugus, N.Y. Date of issue: 20 August 1894. Citation: In an attempt to capture a Confederate flag he captured one of
the enemy's officers and brought him within the lines.
LYON, FREDERICK A.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 1st Vermont
Cavalry. Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service at: Burlington, Vt. Born: 25 June 1843, Williamsburg,
Mass. Date of issue: 26 November 1864. Citation: With 1 companion, captured the flag of a Confederate regiment, 3 officers,
and an ambulance with its mules and driver.
LYONS, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1838,
Salem, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 169, 8 February, 1872. Citation: Served as seaman on board the U.S.S.
Pensacola in the attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, 24 April 1862. Carrying out his duties throughout the din and roar
of the battle, Lyons never once erred in his brave performance. Lashed outside of that vessel, on the port-sheet chain, with
the lead in hand to lead the ship past the forts, Lyons never flinched, although under a heavy fire from the forts and rebel
gunboats. Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, and Adjutant,
24th Wisconsin Infantry. Place and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered service at: Milwaukee, Wis.
Birth: Springfield, Mass. Date of issue: 30 June 1890. Citation: Seized the colors of his regiment at a critical moment and
planted them on the captured works on the crest of Missionary Ridge.
MACHON, JAMES
Rank and organization: Boy, U.S. Navy. Born: 1848,
England. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during successful
attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Stationed in the immediate
vicinity of the shell whips which were twice cleared of men by bursting shells, Machon remained steadfast at his post and
performed his duties in the powder division throughout the furious action which resulted in the surrender of the prize rebel
ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
MACK, ALEXANDER
Rank and organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1836, Holland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during
successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Although wounded
and sent below for treatment, Mack immediately returned to his post and took charge of his gun and, as heavy enemy return
fire continued to fall, performed his duties with skill and courage until he was again wounded and totally disabled.
MACK, JOHN
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1843,
Maine. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: As seaman on board the U.S.S. Hendrick Hudson, St. Marks,
Fla., 5 and 6 March 1865, Mack served with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during the attack on St. Marks and, throughout
this fierce engagement, made remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun. His coolness and determination in courageously
standing by his gun while under the fire of the enemy were a credit to the service to which he belonged.
MACKIE, JOHN F.
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps.
Born: 1836, New York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Calena in the
attack on Fort Darling at Drewry's Bluff, James River, on 15 May 1862. As enemy shellfire raked the deck of his ship, Corporal
Mackie fearlessly maintained his musket fire against the rifle pits along the shore and, when ordered to fill vacancies at
guns caused by men wounded and killed in action, manned the weapon with skill and courage.
MADDEN, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 42d New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Masons Island, Md., 3 September 1861. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Born: 28 September
1841, Ireland. Date of issue: 22 March 1898. Citation: Assisted a wounded comrade to the riverbank and, under heavy fire of
the enemy, swam with him across a branch of the Potomac to the Union lines.
MADDEN, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy. Born:
1843, England. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during the
successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Stationed in
the immediate vicinity of the shell whips, which were twice cleared of men by bursting shells, Madden remained steadfast at
his post and performed his duties in the powder division throughout the furious action which resulted in the surrender of
the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
MADISON, JAMES
Rank and organization. Sergeant, Company E, 8th New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Waynesboro, Va., 2 March 1865. Entered service at: Fairport, N.Y. Birth: Niagara, N.Y. Date
of issue: 26 March 1865. Citation: Recapture of Gen. Crook's headquarters flag.
MAGEE, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Drummer, Company C, 33d New
Jersey Infantry. Place and date: At Murfreesboro, Tenn., 5 December 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: Newark, N.J. Date
of issue: 7 February 1866. Citation: In a charge, was among the first to reach a battery of the enemy and, with one or two
others, mounted the artillery horses and took two guns into the Union lines.
MAHONEY, JEREMIAH
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 29th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tenn., 29 November 1863. Entered service at. Fall River, Mass. Birth:
------. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 17th Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.).
MANDY, HARRY J.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company B,
4th New York Cavalry. Place and date: At Front Royal, Va., 15 August 1864. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: England.
Date of issue: 26 August 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 3d Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
MANGAM, RICHARD C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 148th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
21 September 1888. Citation: Capture of flag of 8th Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.).
MANNING, JOSEPH S.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 29th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date. At Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tenn., 29 November 1863. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ipswich,
Mass. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 16th Georgia Infantry (C.S.A.).
MARLAND, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 2d Independent
Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery. Place and date: At Grand Coteau, La., 3 November 1863. Entered service at:------.
Born: 11 March 1839, Andover, Mass. Date of issue: 16 February 1897. Citation: After having been surrounded by the enemy's
cavalry, his support having surrendered, he ordered a charge and saved the section of the battery that was under his command.
MARQUETTE, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 93d Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Lebanon County, Pa. Birth: Lebanon County,
Pa. Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Sergeant Marquette, although wounded, was one of the first to plant colors on the
enemy's breastworks.
MARSH, ALBERT
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 64th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: Randolph, N.Y. Birth: Cattaraugus County,
N.Y. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
MARSH, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 1st Connecticut
Cavalry. Place and date: At Back Creek Valley, Va., 31 July 1864. Entered service at: New Milford, Conn.. Birth: Milford,
Conn. Date of issue: 23 January 1865. Citation: Capture of flag and its bearer.
MARSH, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 104th
Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Elk River, Tenn., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Brookfield, La Salle County, Ill.
Birth: Brookfield, La Salle County, Ill. Date of issue: 17 September 1897. Citation: Voluntarily led a small party and, under
a heavy fire, captured a stockade and saved the bridge.
MARTIN, EDWARD S.
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born:
1840, Ireland. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Calena during the attack
on enemy forts at Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Securely lashed to the side of the Oneida which had suffered the loss of her
steering apparatus and an explosion of her boiler from enemy fire, the Calena aided the stricken vessel past the enemy forts
to safety. Despite heavy damage to his ship from raking enemy fire, Martin performed his duties with skill and courage throughout
the action.
MARTIN, GEORGE
(Service rendered under name of Martin Schwenk.)
MARTIN, JAMES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps.
Born: 1826, Derry, Ireland. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: As captain of a gun on board
the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864.
Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Sgt. Martin fought his gun
with skill and courage throughout the furious 2_hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and
in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
MARTIN, SYLVESTER H.
Rank and organization. Lieutenant, Company K, 88th
Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Weldon Railroad, Va., 19 August 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: Chester
County, Pa. Date of issue: 5 April 1894. Citation: Gallantly made a most dangerous reconnaissance, discovering the position
of the enemy and enabling the division to repulse an attack made in strong force.
MARTIN, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1842, Prussia. Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Serving as boatswain's mate
on board the U.S.S. Benton during the attack on Haines Bluff, Yazoo River, 27 December 1862. Taking part in the hour_and_a_half
engagement with the enemy, who had the dead range of the vessel and was punishing her with heavy fire, Martin served courageously
throughout the battle until the Benton was ordered to withdraw.
MARTIN, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1839,
Ireland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. Varuna during
an attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, 24 April 1862. His ship was taken under furious fire by the rebel Morgan and severely
damaged by ramming. Steadfast at his station through the thickest of the fight, Martin inflicted damage on the enemy, remaining
cool and courageous although the Varuna, so badly damaged that she was forced to beach, was finally sunk.
MASON, ELIHU H. (4th to receive Medal of Honor)
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 21st Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Pemberville, Wood County, Ohio. Birth: Wayne County, Ind.
Date of issue: 25 March 1863. Citation: One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell
(or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an
attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
MATHEWS, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company E,
2d Maryland Veteran Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service at: Baltimore, Md. Birth:
England. Date of issue: 10 July 1892. Citation: Finding himself among a squad of Confederates, he fired into them, killing
1, and was himself wounded, but succeeded in bringing in a sergeant and 2 men of the 17th South Carolina Regiment (C.S.A.)
as prisoners.
(Enlisted in 1861 at Baltimore, Md., under the name
Henry Sivel, and original Medal of Honor issued under that name. A new medal was issued in 1900 under true name, William H
Mathew.)
MATTHEWS, JOHN C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 61st Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Westmoreland County, Pa. Date
of issue: 13 February 1891. Citation: Voluntarily took the colors, whose bearer had been disabled, and, although himself severely
wounded, carried the same until the enemy's works were taken.
MATTHEWS, MILTON
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 61st Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Pittsburgh, Pa. Birth: Pittsburgh, Pa. Date
of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 7th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.).
MATTINGLY, HENRY B.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 10th Kentucky
Infantry. Place and date: At Jonesboro, Ga., 1 September 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Marion County, Ky. Date
of issue: 7 April 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 6th and 7th Arkansas Infantry (C.S.A.).
MATTOCKS, CHARLES P.
Rank and organization: Major, 17th Maine Infantry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Portland, Maine. Born: 1840, Danville, Vt. Date of
issue: 29 March 1899. Citation: Displayed extraordinary gallantry in leading a charge of his regiment which resulted in the
capture of a large number of prisoners and a stand of colors.
MAXHAM, LOWELL M.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 7th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service at:------. Birth: Carver, Mass. Date of issue:
24 August 1896. Citation: Though severely wounded and in face of a deadly fire from the enemy at short range, he rushed bravely
forward and was among the first to enter the enemy's works on the crest of Marye's Heights and helped to plant his regimental
colors there.
MAY, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 32d Iowa
Infantry. Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service at: Maysville, Franklin County, Iowa. Birth:
Pennsylvania. Date of issue: 24 February 1865. Citation: Ran ahead of his regiment over the enemy's works and captured from
its bearer the flag of Bonanchad's Confederate battery (C.S.A.).
MAYBERRY, JOHN B.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 1st Delaware
Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Kent County, Del. Birth: Smyrna, Del. Date
of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
MAYES, WILLIAM B.
Rank and organization. Private, Company K, 11th Iowa
Infantry. Place and date: Near Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., 15 June 1864. Entered service at: DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa. Birth:
Marion County, Ohio. Date of issue. 27 November 1899. Citation: With one companion and under a fierce fire from the enemy
at short range went to the rescue of a wounded comrade who had fallen between the lines and carried him to a place of safety.
MAYNARD, GEORGE H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 13th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date. At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862. Entered service at:------. Born 2 February 1836, Waltham,
Mass. Date of issue: 1898. Citation: A wounded and helpless comrade, having been left on the skirmish line, this soldier voluntarily
returned to the front under a severe fire and carried the wounded man to a place of safety.
McADAMS, PETER
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 98th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Salem Heights, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Ireland. Date of
issue: 1 April 1898. Citation: Went 250 yards in front of his regiment toward the position of the enemy and under fire brought
within the lines a wounded and unconscious comrade.
McALWEE, BENJAMIN F.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 3d Maryland
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Washington, D.C. Date of issue:
4 April 1898. Citation: Picked up a shell with burning fuse and threw it over the parapet into the ditch, where it exploded;
by this act he probably saved the lives of comrades at the great peril of his own.
McANALLY, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company D, 69th
Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Ireland.
Date of issue: 2 August 1897. Citation: In a hand_to_hand encounter with the enemy captured a flag, was wounded in the act,
but continued on duty until he received a second wound.
McCAMMON, WILLIAM W.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company E,
24th Missouri Infantry. Place and date: At Corinth, Miss., 3 October 1862. Entered service at: Montgomery County, Mo. Birth:
Ohio. Date of issue: 9 July 1896. Citation: While on duty as provost marshal, voluntarily assumed command of his company,
then under fire, and so continued in command until the repulse and retreat of the enemy on the following day, the loss to
this company during the battle being very great.
McCARREN, BERNARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 1st Delaware
Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Wilmington, Del. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
McCAUSLlN, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 12th West
Virginia Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Ohio County, W. Va. Birth: Ohio County,
W. Va. Date of issue: 12 May 1865. Citation: Conspicuous gallantry as color bearer in the assault on Fort Gregg.
McCLEARY, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company C.
72d Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Sandusky County,
Ohio. Date of issue: 24 February 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 4th Florida Infantry (C.S.A.), while in advance of his
lines.
McCLELLAND, JAMES M.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 30th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Ohio. Birth: Harrison County, Ohio. Date of
issue: 13 August 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
McCLELLAND, MATTHEW
Rank and organization: First Class Fireman, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1833, Brooklyn, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Richmond
in the attack on Port Hudson, 14 March 1863. Damaged by a 6_inch solid rifle shot which shattered the starboard safety_valve
chamber and also damaged the port safety_valve, the fireroom of the Richmond immediately became filled with steam to place
it in an extremely critical condition. Acting courageously in this crisis, McClelland persisted in penetrating the steam_filled
room in order to haul the hot fires of the furnaces and continued this gallant action until the gravity of the situation had
lessened.
McCONNELL, SAMUEL
Rank and organization: Captain, Company H, 119th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service at: Bushnell, McDonough County, Ill. Birth:
Belmont County, Ohio. Date of issue: 8 June 1865. Citation: While leading his company in an assault, Capt. McConnell braved
an intense fire that mowed down his unit. Upon reaching the breastworks he found that he had only one member of his company
with him, Pvt. Wagner. He was so close to an enemy gun that the blast knocked him down a ditch. Getting up, he entered the
gun pit, the guncrew fleeing before him. About 30 paces away he saw a Confederate flag bearer and guard which he captured
with the last shot in his pistol.
McCORMlCK, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1833, Ireland. Accredited to: Illinois. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served as boatswain's mate on board
the U.S.S. Signal, Red River, 5 May 1864. Proceeding up the Red River, the U.S.S. Signal engaged a large force of enemy field
batteries and sharpshooters, returning the fire until the ship was totally disabled, at which time the white flag was raised.
Serving as gun captain and wounded early in the battle, McCormick bravely stood by his gun in the face of the enemy fire until
ordered to withdraw.
McCORNACK, ANDREW
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 127th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Rutland, La Salle County, Ill. Birth: Kane,
Ill. Date of issue: 10 January 1895. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
McCULLOCK, ADAM
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1830,
Maine. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Lackawanna during successful attacks
against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Wounded when an enemy shell struck,
and ordered to go below, McCullock refused to leave his station and continued to perform his duties throughout the prolonged
action which resulted in the capture of the prize ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of Fort Morgan.
McDONALD, GEORGE E.
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 1st Connecticut
Heavy Artillery. Place and date: At Fort Stedman, Va., 25 March 1865. Entered service at: Warwick, R.I. Birth: Warwick, R.I.
Date of issue: 21 July 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
McDONALD, JOHN
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1817, Scotland. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 11 , 3 April 1 863. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Baron
De Kalb, Yazoo River Expedition, 23 to 27 December 1862. Proceeding under orders up the Yazoo River, the U.S.S. Baron De Kalb,
with the object of capturing or destroying the enemy's transports, came upon the steamers John Walsh, R. J. Locklan, Golden
Age, and the Scotland, sunk on a bar where they were ordered burned. Continuing up the river, she was fired on but, upon returning
the fire, caused the enemy's retreat. Returning down the Yazoo, she destroyed and captured large quantities of enemy equipment
and several prisoners. Serving bravely throughout this action, McDonald, as boatswain's mate, "distinguished himself in the
various actions."
McDONALD, JOHN WADE
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 20th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., 6 April 1862. Entered service at: Wayneville, DeWitt County, Ill. Birth:
Lancaster, Ohio. Date of issue: 27 August 1900. Citation: Was severely wounded while endeavoring, at the risk of his life,
to carry to a place of safety a wounded and helpless comrade.
McELHlNNY, SAMUEL O.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 2d West
Virginia Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Point Pleasant, W. Va. Birth. Meigs
County, Ohio. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
McENROE, PATRICK H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 6th New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service at: New York. Birth: Ireland. Date of
issue: 27 September 1864. Citation: Capture of colors of 36th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
McFALL, DANIEL
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 17th Michigan
Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: Ypsilanti, Mich. Born: 1836, Niagara County,
N.Y. Date of issue. 27 July 1896. Citation: Captured Col. Barker, commanding the Confederate brigade that charged the Union
batteries; on the same day rescued Lt. George W. Harmon of his regiment from the enemy.
McFARLAND, JOHN
Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle,
U.S. Navy. Born: 1840, Boston, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Stationed at
the wheel on board the flagship U.S.S. Hartford during successful action against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee
in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. With his ship under terrific enemy shellfire, McFarland performed his duties with skill and
courage and, when the Lackawanna ran into his ship and every man at the wheel was in danger of being crushed, remained steadfast
at his station and continued to steer the ship.
McGlNN, EDWARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 54th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue:
28 June 1894. Citation. Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
McGONAGLE, WILSON
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 30th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Jefferson County, Ohio. Date
of issue: 15 August 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
McGONNlGLE, ANDREW J.
Rank and organization: Captain and Assistant Quartermaster,
U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At Cedar Creek. Va., 19 October 1864 Entered service at: Cumberland, Md. Birth: New York,
N.Y. Date of issue: 21 July 1897. Citation: While acting chief quartermaster of Gen. Sheridan's forces operating in the Shenandoah
Valley was severely wounded while voluntarily leading a brigade of infantry and was commended for the greatest gallantry by
Gen. Sheridan.
McGOUGH, OWEN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Battery D, 5th U.S.
Artillery. Place and date: At Bull Run, Va., 21 July 1861. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 28 August
1897. Citation: Through his personal exertions under a heavy fire, one of the guns of his battery was brought off the field;
all the other guns were lost.
McGOWAN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born:
1831, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: McGowan occupied one of the most responsible
positions on the U.S.S. Varuna during the attacks on Forts Jackson and St. Philip and in action against the rebel ship Morgan
on 24 April 1862. Although guns were raking the decks from behind him, McGowan remained steadfast at the wheel throughout
the thickest of the fight, continuing at his station and rendering service with the greatest courage and skill until his ship,
repeatedly holed and twice rammed by the enemy, was beached and sunk.
McGRAW, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 23d Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
12 May 1865. Citation: One of the three soldiers most conspicuous for gallantry in the final assault.
McGUlRE, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Private, Chicago Mercantile
Battery, Illinois Light Artillery. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Birth:
Ireland. Date of issue: 15 January 1895. Citation: Carried with others by hand a cannon up to and fired it through an embrasure
of the enemy's work.
McHALE, ALEXANDER U.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 26th Michigan
Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania Courthouse, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: Muskegon, Mich. Born: 1842, Ireland.
Date of issue: 11 January 1900. Citation: Captured a Confederate color in a charge, threw the flag over in front of the works,
and continued in the charge upon the enemy.
McHUGH, MARTIN
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1837,
Cincinnati, Ohio. Accredited to: Ohio. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Cincinnati during
the attack on the Vicksburg batteries and at the time of her sinking, 27 May 1863. Engaging the enemy in a fierce battle,
the Cincinnati amidst, an incessant fire of shot and shell, continued to fire her guns to the last, though so penetrated by
shellfire that her fate was sealed. Serving bravely during this action, McHugh was conspicuously cool under the fire of the
enemy, never ceasing to fire until this proud ship went down, "her colors nailed to the mast."
MclNTOSH, JAMES
Rank and organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1833, Canada. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Richmond during
action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship
and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Mclntosh performed his duties with skill and courage throughout
the prolonged battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the successful attacks carried out
on Fort Morgan.
McKAY, CHARLES W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 154th
New York Infantry. Place and date: At Dug Gap, Ga., 8 May 1864. Entered service at: Allegheny, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Birth:
Mansfield, N.Y. Date of issue: 13 April 1894. Citation: Voluntarily risked his life in rescuing under the fire of the enemy
a wounded comrade who was Iying between the lines.
McKEE, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Color Sergeant, Company D,
89th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date
of issue: 12 May 1865. Citation: Gallantry as color bearer in the assault on Fort Gregg.
McKEEN, NINEVEH S.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company H,
21st Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Stone River, Tenn., 30 December 1862. At Liberty Gap, Tenn., 25 June 1863. Entered
service at: Marshall, Clark County, Ill. Birth: Marshall, Clark County, Ill. Date of issue: 23 June 1890. Citation: Conspicuous
in the charge at Stone River, Tenn., where he was three times wounded. At Liberty Gap, Tenn., captured colors of 8th Arkansas
Infantry (C.S.A.).
McKEEVER, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 5th Pennsylvania
Cavalry. Place and date: At Burnt Ordinary, Va., 19 January 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Ireland. Date
of issue: 2 August 1897. Citation: Was one of a small scouting party that charged and routed a mounted force of the enemy
six times their number. He led the charge in a most gallant and distinguished manner, going far beyond the call of duty.
McKNIGHT, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born:
1840 Ulster County, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Captain of a gun on board the U.S.S.
Varuna during the attacks on Forts Jackson and St. Philip and in action against the rebel ship Morgan, 24 April 1862. During
this action at extremely close range, while his ship was under furious fire and was twice rammed by the rebel ship Morgan,
McKnight remained steadfast at his gun throughout the thickest of the fight and was instrumental in inflicting damage on the
enemy until the Varuna, so badly damaged that she was forced to beach, was finally sunk.
McKOWN, NATHANIEL A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 58th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: Susquehanna County, Pa.
Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
McLEOD, JAMES
Rank and organization: Captain of the Foretop, U.S.
Navy. Born: Scotland. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Captain of foretop, and a volunteer from
the Colorado, McLeod served on board the U.S.S. Pensacola during the attack upon Forts Jackson and St. Philip and the taking
of New Orleans, 24 and 25 April 1862. Acting as gun captain of the rifled howitzer aft which was much exposed, he served this
piece with great ability and activity, although no officer superintended it.
McMAHON, MARTIN T.
Rank and organization: Captain, and aide_de_camp U.S.
Volunteers Place and date: At White Oak Swamp, Va., 30 June i862. Entered service at: California. Born: 21 March 1838, Canada.
Date of issue: 10 March 1891. Citation: Under fire of the enemy, successfully destroyed a valuable train that had been abandoned
and prevented it from falling into the hands of the enemy.
McMILLEN, FRANCIS M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 110th
Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Piqua, Ohio. Birth. Bracken County, Ky.
Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
*McVEANE, JOHN P.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 49th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Fredericksburg Heights, Va., 4 May 1863. Entered service at: Buffalo, N.Y. Birth: Canada.
Date of issue: 21 September 1870. Citation: Shot a Confederate color bearer and seized the flag; also approached, alone, a
barn between the lines and demanded and received the surrender of a number of the enemy therein.
McWHORTER, WALTER F.
Rank and organization: Commissary Sergeant, Company
E, 3d West Virginia Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Harrison County, W.
Va. Birth: Lewis County, W. Va. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 6th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.).
McWlLLlAMS, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born:
1844, Pennsylvania. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O). No.. 59, 22 June 1865. Citation. Served on board the U.S.S. Pontoosuc
during the capture of Fort Fisher and Wilmington, 24 December 1864, to 22 February 1865. Carrying out his duties faithfully
throughout this period, McWilliams was so severely wounded in the assault upon Fort Fisher that he was sent to the hospital
at Portsmouth, Va. McWilliams was recommended for his gallantry, skill and coolness in action while under the fire of the
enemy.
MEACH, GEORGE E.
Rank and organization: Farrier, Company I, 6th New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: New York. Date of
issue: 27 September 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
MEAGHER, THOMAS
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company G,
158th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: Brooklyn N.Y. Birth:
Scotland. Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Led a section of his men on the enemy's works, receiving a wound while scaling
a parapet.
MEARS, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 6th Pennsylvania
Reserves. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Bloomsburgh, Pa. Birth: Bloomsburgh, Pa. Date
of issue: 16 February 1897. Citation: With five volunteers he gallantly charged on a number of the enemy's sharpshooters concealed
in a log house, captured them, and brought them into the Union lines.
MELVILLE, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1828, Dover, N.H. Accredited to: New Hampshire. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the flagship U.S.S.
Hartford during action against rebel gunboats, the ram Tennessee, and Fort Morgan in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Wounded and
taken below to the surgeon when a shell burst between the two forward 9_inch guns, killing and wounding 15 men, Melville promptly
returned to his gun on the deck and, although scarcely able to stand, refused to go below and continued to man his post throughout
the remainder of the action resulting in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee.
MENTER, JOHN W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 5th Michigan
Infantry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Detroit, Mich. Birth: Palmer, N.Y. Date
of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
MERRIAM, HENRY C.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 73d U.S.
Colored Troops. Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service at: Houlton, Maine. Birth: Houlton, Maine.
Date of issue: 28 June 1894. Citation: Volunteered to attack the enemy's works in advance of orders and, upon permission being
given, made a most gallant assault.
MERRIFIELD, JAMES K.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 88th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864. Entered service at: Manlius, Bureau County, Ill. Birth: Pennsylvania.
Date of issue: 28 March 1896. Citation: Captured 2 battle flags from the enemy and returned with them to his own lines.
MERRILL, AUGUSTUS
Rank and organization: Captain, Company B, 1st Maine
Veteran Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Lyndon, Maine. Birth: Byron, Maine.
Date of issue: 23 October 1891. Citation: With 6 men, captured 69 Confederate prisoners and recaptured several soldiers who
had fallen into the enemy's hands.
MERRILL, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 142d New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Fisher, N.C., 15 January 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Queensberry, N.Y.
Date of issue: 28 December 1914. Citation: Voluntarily advanced with the head of the column and cut down the palisading.
MERRITT, JOHN G.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 1st Minnesota
Infantry. Place and date: At Bull Run, Va., 21 July 1861. Entered service at: ------. Birth: New York. Date of issue: 1 April
1880. Citation: Gallantry in action; was wounded while capturing flag in advance of his regiment.
MEYER, HENRY C.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company D, 24th New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service at: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Birth: Hamburg, N.Y.
Date of issue: 29 March 1899. Citation: During an assault and in the face of a heavy fire rendered heroic assistance to a
wounded and helpless officer, thereby saving his life and in the performance of this gallant act sustained a severe wound.
MIFFLIN, JAMES
Rank and organization: Engineer's Cook, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1839, Richmond, Va. Accredited to: Virginia. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn
during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Stationed
in the immediate vicinity of the shell whips which were twice cleared of men by bursting shells, Mifflin remained steadfast
at his post and performed his duties in the powder division throughout the furious action which resulted in the surrender
of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
MILES, NELSON A.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 61st New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 2_3 May 1863. Entered service at: Roxbury, Mass. Birth: Westminster, Mass. Date
of issue: 23 July 1892. Citation: Distinguished gallantry while holding with his command an advanced position against repeated
assaults by a strong force of the enemy; was severely wounded.
MILLER, ANDREW
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps.
Born: 1836, Germany. Accredited to: Washington, D.C. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: As captain of a gun on board
the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864.
Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Sgt. Miller fought his gun
with skill and courage throughout the furious 2_hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and
in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
MILLER, FRANK
Rank and organization: Private, Company M, 2d New
York Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Jamaica, N.Y. Birth: New York. Date
of issue: 24 April 1865. citation: Capture of flag of 25th Battalion Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.); was taken prisoner, but successfully
retained his trophy until recaptured.
MILLER, HENRY A.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company B, 8th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service at: Decatur, Ill. Birth: Germany. Date of issue:
8 June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
MILLER, JACOB C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 113th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Geneva, Kane County, Ill. Birth: Bellevue,
Ohio. Date of Issue: 20 August 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
MILLER, JAMES
Rank and organization. Quartermaster, U.S. Navy Born
1835 Denmark. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864 Citation: Served as quartermaster on board the U.S.
Steam Gunboat Marblehead off Legareville, Stono River, 25 December 1863, during an engagement with the enemy on John's Island.
Acting courageously under the fierce hostile fire, Miller behaved gallantly throughout the engagement which resulted in the
enemy's withdrawal and abandonment of its arms.
MILLER, JAMES P.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 4th Iowa
Cavalry. Place and date: At Selma, Ala., 2 April 1865. Entered service at. Henry County, Iowa. Birth: Franklin, Ohio. Date
of issue: 17 June 1865. Citation: Capture of standard of 12th Mississippi Cavalry (C.S.A.).
MILLER, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 8th Ohio
Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered
service at: Freemont, Sandusky County, Ohio. Birth: Germany. Date of issue. 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of 2 flags.
MILLER, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 8th New
York Cavalry Place and date: At Waynesboro, Va., 2 March 1865. Entered service at. Rochester, N.Y. Birth: Germany. Date of
issue: 26 March 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
MILLER, WILLIAM E.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company H, 3d Pennsylvania
Cavalry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: ------. Born: 5 February 1836, West Hill, Pa.
Date of issue 21 July 1897. Citation: Without orders, led a charge of his squadron upon the flank of the enemy, checked his
attack, and cut off and dispersed the rear of his column.
MILLIKEN, DANIEL
Rank and organization: Quarter Gunner, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1838 Maine. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation Milliken served on board the U.S.S. New Ironsides
during action in several attacks on Fort Fisher, 24 and 25 December 1864_ and 13,14 and 15 January 1865. The ship steamed
in and took the lead in the Ironclad division close inshore and immediately opened its starboard battery in a barrage of well
directed fire to cause several fires and explosions and dismount several guns during the first 2 days of fighting. Taken under
fire as she steamed into position on 13 January, the New Ironsides fought all day and took on ammunition at night despite
severe weather conditions. When the enemy came out of his bombproofs to defend the fort against the storming party, the ship's
battery disabled nearly every gun on the fort facing the shore before the cease_fire orders were given by the flagship.
MILLS, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1843,
Upster, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Minnesota, in action during
the assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. Landing on the beach with the assaulting party from his ship, Mills charged up
to the palisades and, when more than two_thirds of the men became seized with panic and retreated on the run, risked his life
to remain with a wounded officer. With the enemy concentrating his fire on the group, he waited until after dark before assisting
the wounded man from the field.
MILLS, FRANK W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 1st New
York Mounted Rifles Place and date: At Sandy Cross Roads, N.C., 4 September 1862. Entered service at:------. Birth: Middletown,
N.Y. Date of issue: 2 April 1898. Citation: While scouting, this soldier, in command of an advance of but 3 or 4 men, came
upon the enemy, and charged them without orders, the rest of the troops following, the whole force of the enemy, 120 men,
being captured.
MINDIL, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company I, 61st Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Williamsburg, Va., 5 May 1862. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Germany. Date of
issue: 25 October 1893. Citation: As aide_de_camp led the charge with a part of a regiment, pierced the enemy's center, silenced
some of his artillery, and, getting in his rear, caused him to abandon his position.
MITCHELL, ALEXANDER H.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company A,
105th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: Hamilton, Pa. Birth: Perrysville,
Pa. Date of issue: 27 March 1890. Citation: Capture of flag of 18th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.), in a personal encounter
with the color bearer.
MITCHELL, THEODORE
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 61st Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Pittsburgh, Pa. Birth: Tarentum, Pa. r)ate
of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of the flag of the Tennessee Brigade (C.S.A.).
MOFFITT, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 16th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Gaines Mill, Va., 27 June 1862. Entered service at: Plattsburg, N.Y. Born. 8 January 1843,
Chazy, Clinton County, N.Y. Date of issue: 3 March 1891. Citation: Voluntarily took up the regimental colors after several
color bearers had been shot down and carried them until himself wounded.
MOLBONE, ARCHIBALD
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 1st Rhode
Island Light Artillery. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: West Greenwich, R.I. Birth:
Coventry, R.I. Date of issue: 20 June 1866. Citation: Was one of a detachment of 20 picked artillerymen who voluntarily accompanied
an infantry assaulting party and who turned upon the enemy the guns captured in the assault.
MOLLOY, HUGH
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1832, Illinois. Accredited to: Illinois. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Fort Hindman
during the engagement near Harrisonburg, La., 2 March 1864. Following a shellburst which mortally wounded the first sponger,
who dropped the sponge out of the forecastle port, Molloy jumped out of the port to the forecastle, recovered the sponge and
sponged and loaded the gun for the remainder of the action from his exposed position, despite the extreme danger to his person
from the raking fire of enemy musketry.
MONAGHAN, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 48th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service at: Minersville, Pa. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
1 December 1864. Citation: Recapture of colors of 7th New York Heavy Artillery.
MONTGOMERY, ROBERT
Rank and organization: Captain of the Afterguard,
U.S. Navy. Born: 1838, Ireland. Accredited to: Virginia. G.O. No.: 45, 21 December 1864. Citation: Montgomery served on board
the U.S.S. Agawam, as one of a volunteer crew of a powder boat which was exploded near Fort Fisher, 23 December 1864. The
powder boat, towed in by the Wilderness to prevent detection by the enemy, cast off and slowly steamed to within 300 yards
of the beach. After fuses and fires had been lit and a second anchor with short scope let go to assure the boat's tailing
inshore, the crew again boarded the Wilderness and proceeded a distance of 12 miles from shore. Less than 2 hours later the
explosion took place, and the following day fires were observed still burning at the forts.
MOORE, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born:
1839, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864. Citation: Serving on board the U.S. Steam Gunboat Marblehead
off Legareville, Stono River, 25 December 1863, during an engagement with the enemy on John's Island. Wounded in the fierce
battle, Moore returned to his quarters until so exhausted by loss of blood that he had to be taken below. This engagement
resulted in the enemy's abandonment of his positions, leaving a caisson and one gun behind.
MOORE, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Entered
service at: 25 March 1862, Gibraltar, England. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served as seaman on board the U.S.S.
Kearsarge when she destroyed the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864. Acting as sponger and loader of the 1 l_inch
pivot gun of the second division during this bitter engagement, Moore exhibited marked coolness and good conduct and was highly
recommended for his gallantry under fire by the divisional officer.
MOORE, DANIEL B.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 11th Wisconsin
Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service at: Mifflin, Wis. Born: 12 June 1838, Iowa
County, Wis. Date of issue: 8 August 1900. Citation: At the risk of his own life saved the life of an officer who had been
shot down and overpowered by superior numbers.
MOORE, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1838,
Philadelphia, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Rhode Island
which was engaged in saving the lives of the officers and crew of the Monitor, 30 December 1862. Participating in the hazardous
task of rescuing the officers and crew of the sinking Monitor, Moore after rescuing several of the men, became separated in
a heavy gale with other members of the cutter that had set out from the Rhode Island, and spent many hours in the small boat
at the mercy of the weather and high seas until finally picked up by a schooner 50 miles east of Cape Hatteras.
MOORE, GEORGE G.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 11th West
Virginia Infantry. Place and date: At Fishers Hill, Va., 22 September 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Tyler County
W. Va. Date of issue: 6 October 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
MOORE, WILBUR F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 117th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service at: Lebanon, St. Clair County, Ill. Birth:
Lebanon, St. Clair County, Ill. Date of issue: 22 February 1865. Citation: Captured flag of a Confederate battery while far
in advance of the Union lines.
MOORE, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1834, Boston, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864. Citation: Serving as boatswain's mate
on board the U.S.S. Benton during the attack on Haines Bluff, Yazoo River, 27 December 1862. Wounded during the hour_and_a_half
engagement in which the enemy had the dead range of the vessel and was punishing her with heavy fire, Moore served courageously
in carrying lines to the shore until the Benton was ordered to withdraw.
MOREY, DELANO
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 82d Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At McDowell, Va., 8 May 1862. Entered service at: Hardin County, Ohio. Birth: Licking County, Ohio.
Date of issue: 14 August 1893. Citation: After the charge of the command had been repulsed, he rushed forward alone with an
empty gun and captured two of the enemy's sharpshooters.
MORFORD, JEROME
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 55th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Bridgers Corner, Ill. Birth: Mercer County,
Pa. Date of issue: 2 September 1893. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
MORGAN, JAMES H.
Rank and organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1840, New York. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: As captain of a gun on board the
U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite
damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks Morgan fought his gun with skill and
courage throughout a furious 2_hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging
and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
MORGAN, LEWIS
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 4th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: Delaware County, Ohio. Birth: Delaware County,
Ohio. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag from the enemy's works.
MORGAN, RICHARD H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 4th Iowa
Cavalry. Place and date: At Columbus, Ga., 16 April 1865. Entered service at: Taylor, Freemont County, Iowa. Birth: Dubois
County, Ind. Date of issue: 17 June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag inside the enemy's works, contesting for its possession
with its bearer.
MORRILL, WALTER G.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company B, 20th Maine
Infantry. Place and date: At Rappahannock Station, Va., 7 November 1863. Entered service at: Brownville, Maine. Birth: Brownville,
Maine. Date of issue: 5 April 1898. Citation: Learning that an assault was to be made upon the enemy's works by other troops,
this officer voluntarily joined the storming party with about 50 men of his regiment, and by his dash and gallantry rendered
effective service in the assault.
MORRIS, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 1st New
York (Lincoln) Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth:
Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation. Capture of flag of 40th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
MORRISON, FRANCIS
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 85th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Bermuda Hundred, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service at: Drakestown, Pa. Birth: Fayette County,
Pa. Date of issue: 2 August 1897. Citation: Voluntarily exposed himself to a heavy fire to bring off a wounded comrade.
MORRISON, JOHN G.
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Entered
service at: Lansingburg, N.Y. Born: 3 November 1842, Ireland G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Serving as coxswain on
board the U.S.S. Carondelet, Morrison was commended for meritorious conduct in general and especially for his heroic conduct
and his inspiring example to the crew in the engagement with the rebel ram Arkansas, Yazoo River, 15 July 1862. When the Carondelet
was badly cut up, several of her crew killed, many wounded and others almost suffocated from the effects of escaped steam,
Morrison was the leader when boarders were called on deck, and the first to return to the guns and give the ram a broadside
as she passed. His presence of mind in time of battle or trial is reported as always conspicuous and encouraging.
MORSE, BENJAMIN
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 3d Michigan
Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: Grand Rapids, Mich. Born: 20 September 1844,
Livingston, N.Y. Date of issue: 24 February 1891. Citation: Capture of colors of 4th Georgia Battery (C.S.A.)
MORSE, CHARLES E.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 62d New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 5 May 1864. Entered service at: New York. Birth: France. Date of issue:
14 January 1890. Citation: Voluntarily rushed back into the enemy's lines, took the colors from the color sergeant, who was
mortally wounded, and, although himself wounded, carried them through the fight.
MORTON, CHARLES W.
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1836, Ireland. Accredited to: Maryland. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Serving as boatswain's mate on board the
U.S.S. Benton during the Yazoo River Expedition, 23 to 27 December 1863. Taking part in the hour_and_a_half engagement with
the enemy at Drumgould's Bluff, 27 December, Morton served courageously throughout the battle against the hostile forces,
who had the dead range of the vessel and were punishing her with heavy fire, until the Benton was ordered to withdraw.
MOSTOLLER, JOHN W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 54th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Lynchburg, Va., 18 June 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Somerset County, Pa. Date of
issue: 27 December 1894. Citation: Voluntarily led a charge on a Confederate battery (the officers of the company being disabled)
and compelled its hasty removal.
MULHOLLAND, ST. CLAIR A.
Rank and organization: Major, 116th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 4_5 May 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 1 April 1839, Ireland.
Date of issue: 26 March 1895. Citation: In command of the picket line held the enemy in check all night to cover the retreat
of the Army.
MULLEN, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.
Entered service at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: Baltimore, Md. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Served as boatswain's mate
on board the U.S.S. Wyandank during a boat expedition up Mattox Creek, 17 March 1865. Rendering gallant assistance to his
commanding officer, Mullen, lying on his back, loaded the howitzer and then fired so carefully as to kill and wound many rebels,
causing their retreat.
SECOND AWARD
G.O. No.: 62, 29 June 1865. Second award. Citation:
Served as boatswain's mate on board the U.S.S. Don, 1 May 1865. Engaged in picking up the crew of picket launch No. 6, which
had swamped. Mullen, seeing an officer who was at that time no longer able to keep up and was below the surface of the water,
jumped overboard and brought the officer to the boat, thereby rescuing him from drowning, which brave action entitled him
to wear a bar on the medal he had already received at Mattox Creek, 17 March 1865.
MUNDELL, WALTER L.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 5th Michigan
Infantry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Dallas, Mich. Born: 1839, Michigan. Date
of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
MUNSELL, HARVEY M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 99th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1_3 July 1863. Entered service at: Vanango County, Pa. Birth: Steuben County,
N.Y. Date of issue: 5 February 1866. Citation: Gallant and courageous conduct as color bearer. (This noncommissioned officer
carried the colors of his regiment through 13 engagements.)
MURPHY, CHARLES J.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant and Quartermaster,
38th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Bull Run, Va., 21 July 1861. Entered service at:------. Birth: England. Date of
issue: 5 April 1898. Citation: Took a rifle and voluntarily fought with his regiment in the ranks; when the regiment was forced
back, voluntarily remained on the field caring for the wounded, and was there taken prisoner.
MURPHY, DANIEL J.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 19th Massachusetts
Infantry. Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 27 October 1864. Entered service at: Lowell, Mass. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa.
Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 47th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.).
MURPHY, DENNIS J. F.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 14th Wisconsin
Infantry. Place and date: At Corinth, Miss., 3 October 1862. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 22
January 1892. Citation: Although wounded three times, carried the colors throughout the conflict.
MURPHY, JAMES T.
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 1st Connecticut
Artillery. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 25 March 1865. Entered service at: New Haven, Conn. Birth: Canada. Date of
issue: 29 October 1886. Citation: A piece of artillery having been silenced by the enemy, this soldier voluntarily ass1sted
in working the piece, conducting himself throughout the engagement in a gallant and fearless manner.
MURPHY, JOHN P.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 5th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Entered service at: Cincinnati, Ohio. Birth: Ireland. Date
of issue: 11 September 1866. Citation: Capture of flag of 13th Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.).
MURPHY, MICHAEL C.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 170th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At North Anna River, Va., 24 May 1864. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Ireland. Date
of issue: 15 January 1897. Citation: This officer, commanding the regiment, kept it on the field exposed to the fire of the
enemy for 3 hours without being able to fire one shot in return because of the ammunition being exhausted.
MURPHY, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1823, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. Citation: Served as boatswain's mate on board the U.S.S. Metacomet, during action
against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the
loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Murphy performed his duties with skill and courage throughout
a furious 2_hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of
batteries at Fort Morgan.
MURPHY, ROBINSON B.
Rank and organization: Musician, Company A, 127th
Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Atlanta, Ga., 28 July 1864. Entered service at: Oswego, Kendall County, Ill. Birth:
Oswego, Kendall County, Ill. Date of issue: 22 July 1890. Citation: Being orderly to the brigade commander, he voluntarily
led two regiments as reinforcements into line of battle, where he had his horse shot under him.
MURPHY, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company K, 158th
New York Infantry. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 30 September 1864. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: New
York, N.Y. Date of issue: 15 October 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
MURPHY, THOMAS C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 31st Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Pekin, Ill. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
14 August 1893. Citation: Voluntarily crossed the line of heavy fire of Union and Confederate forces, carrying a message to
stop the firing of one Union regiment on another.
MURPHY, THOMAS J.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company G,
146th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Ireland.
Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
MYERS, GEORGE S.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 101st Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Chickamauga, Ga., 19 September 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Fairfield, Ohio. Date
of issue: 9 April 1894. Citation: Saved the regimental colors by greatest personal devotion and bravery.
MYERS, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 1st Maryland
Cavalry. Place and date: At Appomattox Courthouse, Va., 9 April 1865. Entered service at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: Philadelphia,
Pa. Date of issue: 14 June 1871. Citation: Gallantry in action; was 5 times wounded.
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