Unit/Command: Company B, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: May 24, 1864
Medal of Honor Action Place: Ashepoo River, South Carolina, USA
Citation
Volunteered as a member of a boatcrew which went to the rescue of a large number of Union soldiers on board the stranded steamer Boston, and with great gallantry assisted in conveying them to shore, being exposed the entire time to a heavy fire from a Confederate battery.
Additional Details
Accredited to: New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: January 21, 1897
Born: March 17, 1836, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA, United States
Died: August 21, 1923
Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery (MH) (I-21), New Bedford, MA, United States