Medal of Honor Action Place: off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA
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, 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 the high seas until finally picked up by a schooner 50 miles east of Cape Hatteras.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Awarded Posthumously: No
Born: May 26, 1842, Bristol County, MA, United States
Died: June 8, 1916, Boston, MA, United States
Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Field of Machpelah Path E-3), Boston, MA, United States