Unit/Command: Company A, 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 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 the entire time to a heavy fire from a Confederate battery.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: January 21, 1897
Born: 1838, Ireland
Died: September 5, 1903, Farmington, CT, United States
Buried: St. Mary's Cemetery (MH), Farmington, CT, United States