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GAGE, RICHARD J.

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry
  • Place and date: Elk River, Tenn., 2 July 1863. Entered service at. Ottawa, Ill.
  • Date of issue: 30 October 1897

Citation: Voluntarily joined a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and saved the bridge.

GALLOWAY, GEORGE N.

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry
  • Place and date: At Alsops Farm, Va., 8 May 1864
  • Date of issue: 24 October 1895

Citation: Voluntarily held an important position under heavy fire.

GALLOWAY, JOHN

  • Rank and organization: Commissary Sergeant, 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry
  • Place and date: At Farmville, Va., 7 April 1865
  • Date of issue: 30 October 1897

Citation: His regiment being surprised and nearly overwhelmed, he dashed forward under a heavy fire, reached the right of the regiment, where the danger was greatest, rallied the men and prevented a disaster that was imminent.

GARDINER, JAMES

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 36th U.S. Colored Troops
  • Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864
  • Date of issue: 6 April 1865

Citation: Rushed in advance of his brigade, shot a rebel officer who was on the parapet rallying his men, and then ran him through with his bayonet.

GARDNER, CHARLES N.

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 32d Massachusetts Infantry
  • Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865
  • Date of issue: 10 May 1865

Citation: Capture of flag.

GARDNER, ROBERT J.

  • Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 34th Massachusetts Infantry
  • Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865
  • Entered service at: Berkshire County, Mass.
  • Date of issue: 12 May 1865

Citation: Was among the first to enter Fort Gregg, clearing his way by using his musket on the heads of the enemy.

GARDNER, WILLIAM

  • Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy
  • Accredited to: New York
  • G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864

Citation: As seaman on board the U.S.S. Calena in the engagement at Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Serving gallantly during this fierce battle which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee and the damaging of Fort Morgan. Gardner behaved with conspicuous coolness under the fire of the enemy.

GARRETT, WILLIAM

  • Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 41st Ohio Infantry
  • Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864
  • Date of issue: 24 February 1865

Citation: With several companions dashed forward, the first to enter the enemy's works, taking possession of 4 pieces of artillery and captured the flag of the 13th Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.).

GARRISON, JAMES R.

  • Rank and organization: Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy
  • Accredited to: New York
  • G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864

Citation: On board the flagship, U.S.S. Hartford, during successful engagements against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. When a shell struck his foot and severed one of his toes, Garrison remained at his station at the shell whip and, after crudely bandaging the wound, continued to perform his duties until severely wounded by another shellburst.

GARVIN, WILLIAM

  • Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy
  • Accredited to: Virginia
  • G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864

Citation: Garvin served on board the U.S.S. Agawam, as one of a volunteer crew of a powder boat which was exploded near Fort Fisher, 23 December 1864. The powder boat, towed in by the Wilderness to prevent detection by the enemy, cast off and slowly steamed to within 300 yards of the beach. After fuses and fires had been lit and a second anchor with short scope let go to assure the boat's tailing inshore, the crew again boarded the Wilderness and proceeded a distance of 12 miles from shore. Less than 2 hours later the explosion took place, and the following day fires were observed still burning at the fort.

*GASSON, RICHARD

  • Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 47th New York Infantry
  • Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864
  • Date of issue: 6 April 1865

Citation: Fell dead while planting the colors of his regiment on the enemy's works.

GAUNT, JOHN C.

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 104th Ohio Infantry
  • Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864
  • Entered service at: Damascoville, Ohio
  • Date of issue: 13 February 1865

Citation: Capture of flag.

GAUSE, ISAAC

  • Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 2d Ohio Cavalry
  • Place and date: Near Berryville, Va., 13 September 1864
  • Date of issue: 19 September 1864

Citation: Capture of the colors of the 8th South Carolina Infantry while engaged in a reconnaissance along the Berryville and Winchester Pike.

GAYLORD, LEVI B.

  • Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 29th Massachusetts Infantry
  • Place and date: At Fort Stedman, Va., 25 March 1865
  • Date of issue: 22 June 1896

Citation: Voluntarily assisted in working an abandoned gun, while exposed to heavy fire, until the enemy's advancing line was routed by a charge on its left flank.

GEORGE, DANIEL G.

  • Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. (Real name is William Smith.)
  • Accredited to: New Hampshire
  • G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864

Citation: George served on board U.S. Picket Boat No. 1, in action 27 October 1864, against the Confederate ram, Albemarle, which had resisted repeated attacks by our steamers and had kept a large force of vessels employed in watching her. The picket boat, equipped with a spar torpedo, succeeded in passing the enemy pickets within 20 yards without being discovered and then made for the Albemarle under a full head of steam. Immediately taken under fire by the ram, the small boat plunged on, jumped the log boom which encircled the target and exploded its torpedo under the port bow of the ram. The picket boat was destroyed by enemy fire and almost the entire crew taken prisoner or lost.

GERE, THOMAS P.

  • Rank and organization: First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 5th Minnesota Infantry
  • Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864
  • Date of issue: 24 February 1865

Citation: Capture of flag of 4th Mississippi (C.S.A.).

GESCHWIND, NICHOLAS

  • Rank and organization: Captain, Company F, 116th Illinois Infantry
  • Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863
  • Entered service at: Pleasant Hill, Ill.
  • Date of issue: 24 August 1894

Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

GIBBS, WESLEY

  • Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 2d Connecticut Heavy Artillery
  • Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865
  • Entered service at: Salisbury, Conn.
  • Date of issue: 10 May 1865

Citation: Capture of flag.

GIFFORD, BENJAMIN

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 121st New York Infantry
  • Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865
  • Entered service at: German Flats, N.Y.
  • Date of issue: 10 May 1865

Citation: Capture of flag.

GIFFORD, DAVID L.

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry
  • Place and date: At Ashepoo River, S.C., 24 May 1864
  • Date of issue: 21 January 1897

Citation: Volunteered as a member of a boat crew which went to the rescue of a large number of Union soldiers on board the stranded steamer Boston and with great gallantry assisted in conveying them to shore, being exposed during the entire time to a heavy fire from a Confederate battery.

GILE, FRANK S.

  • Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy
  • Accredited to: Massachusetts
  • G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864

Citation: On board the U.S.S. Lehigh, Charleston Harbor, 16 November 1863, during the hazardous task of freeing the Lehigh, which had been grounded, and was under heavy enemy fire from Fort Moultrie. After several previous attempts had been made, Gile succeeded in passing in a small boat from the Lehigh to the Nahant with a line bent on a hawser. This courageous action while under severe enemy fire enabled the Lehigh to be freed from her helpless position.

GILLESPIE, GEORGE L.

  • Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army
  • Place and date: Near Bethesda Church, Va., 31 May 1864
  • Entered service at: Chattanooga, Tenn.
  • Date of issue: 27 October 1897

Citation: Exposed himself to great danger by voluntarily making his way through the enemy's lines to communicate with Gen. Sheridan. While rendering this service he was captured, but escaped; again came in contact with the enemy, was again ordered to surrender, but escaped by dashing away under fire.

GILLIGAN, EDWARD L.

  • Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company E, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry
  • Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863
  • Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Date of issue: 30 April 1892

Citation: Assisted in the capture of a Confederate flag by knocking down the color sergeant.

GILMORE, JOHN C.

  • Rank and organization: Major, 16th New York Infantry
  • Place and date: At Salem Heights, Va., 3 May 1863
  • Entered service at: Potsdam, N.Y.
  • Date of issue: 10 October 1892

Citation: Seized the colors of his regiment and gallantly rallied his men under a very severe fire.

GINLEY, PATRICK

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st New York Light Artillery
  • Place and date: At Reams Station, Va., 25 August 1864
  • Entered service at: New York, N.Y.
  • Date of issue: 31 October 1890

Citation: The command having been driven from the works, he, having been left alone between the opposing lines, crept back into the works, put 3 charges of canister in one of the guns, and fired the piece directly into a body of the enemy about to seize the works; he then rejoined his command, took the colors, and ran toward the enemy, followed by the command, which recaptured the works and guns.

GION, JOSEPH

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 74th New York Infantry
  • Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 2 May 1863
  • Entered service at: Allegheny County, Pa.
  • Date of issue: 26 November 1884

Citation: Voluntarily and under heavy fire advanced toward the enemy's lines and secured valuable information.

GODLEY, LEONIDAS M.

  • Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company E., 22d Iowa Infantry
  • Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863
  • Entered service at: Ashland, Iowa
  • Date of issue: 3 August 1897

Citation: Led his company in the assault on the enemy's works and gained the parapet, there receiving 3 very severe wounds. He lay all day in the sun, was taken prisoner, and had his leg amputated without anesthetics.

GOETTEL, PHILIP

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 149th New York Infantry
  • Place and date: At Ringgold, Ga., 27 November 1863
  • Entered service at: Syracuse, N.Y.
  • Date of issue: 28 June 1865

Citation: Capture of flag and battery guidon.

GOHEEN, CHARLES A.

  • Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company G, 8th New York Cavalry
  • Place and date: At Waynesboro, Va., 2 March 1865
  • Date of issue: 26 March 1865

Citation: Capture of flag.

GOLDSBERY, ANDREW E.

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 127th Illinois Infantry
  • Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863
  • Entered service at: St. Charles, Kane County, Ill.
  • Date of issue: 9 August 1894

Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

GOODALL, FRANCIS H.

  • Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company G, 11th New Hampshire Infantry
  • Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862
  • Entered service at: Bath, N.H.
  • Date of issue: 14 December 1894

Citation: With the assistance of another soldier brought a wounded comrade into the lines, under heavy fire.

GOODMAN, WILLIAM E.

  • Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company D, 147th Pennsylvania Infantry
  • Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 3 May 1863
  • Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Date of issue: 11 January 1894

Citation: Rescued the colors of the 107th Ohio Volunteers from the enemy.

GOODRICH, EDWIN

  • Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company D, 9th New York Cavalry
  • Place and date: Near Cedar Creek, Va., November 1864
  • Entered service at: Westfield, N.Y.
  • Date of issue: 14 May 1894

Citation: While the command was falling back, he returned, and in the face of the enemy rescued a sergeant from under his fallen horse.

GOULD, CHARLES G.

  • Rank and organization: Captain, Company H, 5th Vermont Infantry
  • Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865
  • Entered service at: Windham, Vt.
  • Date of issue: 30 July 1890

Citation: Among the first to mount the enemy's works in the assault, he received a serious bayonet wound in the face, was struck several times with clubbed muskets, but bravely stood his ground, and with his sword killed the man who bayoneted him.

GOULD, NEWTON T.

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 113th Illinois Infantry
  • Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863
  • Entered service at: Elk Grove, Ill.
  • Date of issue: 6 September 1894

Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

GOURAUD, GEORGE E.

  • Rank and organization: Captain and aide-de-camp, U.S. Volunteers
  • Place and date: At Honey Hill, S.C., 30 November 1864
  • Date of issue: 21 August 1893

Citation: While under severe fire of the enemy, which drove back the command, rendered valuable assistance in rallying the men.

GRACE, PETER

  • Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 83d Pennsylvania Infantry
  • Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 5 May 1864
  • Entered service at: Berkshire, Mass.
  • Date of issue: 27 December 1894

Citation: Singlehanded, rescued a comrade from 2 Confederate guards, knocking down one and compelling surrender of the other.

GRAHAM, ROBERT

  • Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy
  • Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.. 45, 31 December 1864

Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Tacony during the taking of Plymouth, N.C., 31 October 1864. Carrying out his duties faithfully during the capture of Plymouth, Graham distinguished himself by a display of coolness when he participated in landing and spiking a 9-inch gun while under a devastating fire from enemy musketry.

GRAHAM, THOMAS N.

  • Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company G, 15th Indiana Infantry
  • Place and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863
  • Entered service at: Westville, LaPorte County, Ind.
  • Date of issue: 15 February 1897

Citation: Seized the colors from the color bearer, who had been wounded, and, exposed to a terrible fire, carried them forward, planting them on the enemy's breastworks.

GRANT, GABRIEL

  • Rank and organization: Surgeon, U.S. Volunteers
  • Place and date: At Fair Oaks, Va., 1 June 1862
  • Entered service at: New York
  • Date of issue: 21 July 1897

Citation: Removed severely wounded officers and soldiers from the field while under a heavy fire from the enemy, exposing himself beyond the call of duty, thus furnishing an example of most distinguished gallantry.

GRANT, LEWIS A.

  • Rank and organization: Colonel, 5th Vermont Infantry
  • Place and date: At Salem Heights, Va., 3 May 1864
  • Entered service at: Bellow Falls, Vt.
  • Date of issue: 11 May 1893

Citation: Personal gallantry and intrepidity displayed in the management of his brigade and in leading it in the assault in which he was wounded.

GRAUL, WILLIAM

  • Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 188th Pennsylvania Infantry
  • Place and date: At Fort Harrison, Va., 29 September 1864
  • Entered service at: Reading, Pa.
  • Date of issue: 6 April 1865

Citation: First to plant the colors of his State on the fortifications.

GRAY, JOHN

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 5th Ohio Infantry
  • Place and date: At Port Republic, Va., 9 June 1862
  • Entered service at: Hamilton County, Ohio
  • Date of issue: 14 March 1864

Citation: Mounted an artillery horse of the enemy and captured a brass 6-pound piece in the face of the enemy's fire and brought it to the rear.

GRAY, ROBERT A.

  • Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 21st Connecticut Infantry
  • Place and date: At Drurys Bluff, Va., 16 May 1864
  • Entered service at: Groton, Conn.
  • Date of issue: 13 July 1897

Citation: While retreating with his regiment, which had been repulsed, he voluntarily returned, in face of the enemy's fire, to a former position and rescued a wounded officer of his company who was unable to walk.

GREBE, M. R. WILLIAM

  • Rank and organization: Captain, Company F, 4th Missouri Cavalry
  • Place and date: At Jonesboro, Ga., 31 August 1864
  • Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo.
  • Date of issue: 24 February 1899

Citation: While acting as aide and carrying orders across a most dangerous part of the battlefield, being hindered by a Confederate advance, seized a rifle, took a place in the ranks and was conspicuous in repulsing the enemy.

GREEN, GEORGE

  • Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 11th Ohio Infantry
  • Place and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863
  • Date of issue: 12 January 1892

Citation: Scaled the enemy's works and in a hand-to-hand fight helped capture the flag of the 18th Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.).

GREENAWALT, ABRAHAM

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 104th Ohio Infantry
  • Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864
  • Entered service at: Salem, Ohio
  • Date of issue: 13 February 1865

Citation: Capture of corps headquarters flag (C.S.A.).

GREENE, JOHN

  • Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy
  • Entered service at: New York
  • G.O. No. 11, 3 April 1863

Citation: Captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. Varuna during the attacks on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and while under fire and ramming by the rebel ship Morgan, 24 April 1862. During this action at extremely close range while his ship was under furious fire and twice rammed by the rebel ship Morgan, Greene remained steadfast at his gun throughout the thickest of the fight and was instrumental in inflicting damage on the enemy until the Varuna, badly damaged and forced to beach, was finally sunk.

GREENE, OLIVER D.

  • Rank and organization: Major and Assistant Adjutant General, U.S. Army
  • Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862
  • Entered service at: Scott, N.Y.
  • Date of issue: 13 December 1893

Citation: Formed the columns under heavy fire and put them into position.

GREGG, JOSEPH O.

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 133d Ohio Infantry
  • Place and date: Near the Richmond and Petersburg Ry., Va., 16 June 1864
  • Date of issue: 13 May 1899

Citation: Voluntarily returned to the breastworks which his regiment had been forced to abandon to notify 3 missing companies that the regiment was falling back; found the enemy already in the works, refused a demand to surrender, returning to his command under a concentrated fire, several bullets passing through his hat and clothing.

GREIG, THEODORE W.

  • Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company C, 61st New York Infantry
  • Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862
  • Entered service at: Staten Island, N.Y.
  • Date of issue: 10 February 1887

Citation: A Confederate regiment, the 4th Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.), having planted its battle flag slightly in advance of the regiment, this officer rushed forward and seized it, and, although shot through the neck, retained the flag and brought it within the Union lines.

GRESSER, IGNATZ

  • Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 128th Pennsylvania Infantry
  • Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862
  • Entered service at: Lehigh County, Pa.
  • Date of issue: 12 December 1895

Citation: While exposed to the fire of the enemy, carried from the field a wounded comrade.

GRIBBEN, JAMES H.

  • Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company C, 2d New York Cavalry
  • Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865
  • Date of issue: 3 May 1865

Citation: Capture of flag of 12th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).

GRIFFITHS, JOHN

  • Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy
  • Accredited to: Massachusetts
  • G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865

Citation: On board the U.S.S. Santiago de Cuba during the assault on Fort Fisher on 15 January 1865. As one of a boatcrew detailed to one of the generals on shore, Griffiths bravely entered the fort in the assault and accompanied his party in carrying dispatches at the height of the battle. He was one of 6 men who entered the fort in the assault from the fleet.

GRIMSHAW, SAMUEL

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 52d Ohio Infantry
  • Place and date: At Atlanta. Ga., 6 August 1864
  • Date of issue: 5 April 1894

Citation: Saved the lives of some of his comrades, and greatly imperiled his own by picking up and throwing away a lighted shell which had fallen in the midst of the company.

GRINDLAY, JAMES G.

  • Rank and organization: Colonel, 146th New York Infantry
  • Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865
  • Entered service at: Utica, N.Y.
  • Date of issue: 14 August 1891

Citation: The first to enter the enemy's works, where he captured 2 flags.

GRISWOLD, LUKE M.

  • Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy
  • Accredited to: Massachusetts
  • G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865

Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Rhode Island which was engaged in saving the lives of the officers and crew of the Monitor, 30 December 1862. Participating in the hazardous rescue of the officers and crew of the sinking Monitor, Griswold, after rescuing several of the men, became separated in a heavy gale with other members of the cutter that had set out from the Rhode Island, and spent many hours in the small boat at the mercy of the weather and high seas until finally picked up by a schooner 50 miles east of Cape Hatteras.

GRUEB, GEORGE

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 158th New York Infantry
  • Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864
  • Entered service at: New York, N.Y.
  • Date of issue: 6 April 1865

Citation: Gallantry in advancing to the ditch of the enemy's works.

GUERIN, FITZ W.

  • Rank and organization: Private, Battery A, 1st Missouri Light Artillery
  • Place and date: At Grand Gulf, Miss., 28-29 April 1863
  • Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo.
  • Date of issue: 10 March 1896

Citation: With two comrades voluntarily took position on board the steamer Cheeseman, in charge of all the guns and ammunition of the battery, and remained in charge of the same for a considerable time while the steamer was unmanageable and subjected to a heavy fire from the enemy.

GUINN, THOMAS

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 47th Ohio Infantry
  • Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863
  • Date of issue: 21 August 1894

Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

GWYNNE, NATHANIEL

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 13th Ohio Cavalry
  • Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864
  • Entered service at: Fairmount, Mo.
  • Date of issue: 27 January 1865

Citation: When about entering upon the charge, this soldier, then but 15 years old, was cautioned not to go in, as he had not been mustered. He indignantly protected and participated in the charge, his left arm being crushed by a shell and amputated soon afterward.

HACK, JOHN

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry
  • Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 3 May 1863
  • Entered service at: Adrian, Mich.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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 date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864
  • Entered service at: Goodland, 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.,
  • 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
  • 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
  • Date of issue: 20 May 1865

Citation: Capture of flag.

HARRINGTON, DANIEL

  • Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Date of issue: 18 February 1874

Citation: Gallantry in the assault.

HARRIS, JOHN

  • Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.

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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.

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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Date of issue: 10 May 1865

Citation: Capture of flag.

JAMES, JOHN H.

  • Rank and organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Date of issue: 3 May 1865

Citation: Capture of flag.

JORDAN, ROBERT

  • Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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,
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Date of issue: 6 April 1865

Citation: Was among the first to scale the parapet.

LAKIN, DANIEL

  • Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Date of issue: 3 May 1865

Citation: Capture of a Confederate flag.

*LOGAN, HUGH

  • Rank and organization: Captain of the Afterguard, U.S. Navy
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Date of 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.