Medal of Honor Ceremony for Alonzo H. Cushing
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Medal of Honor: Mary E. Walker
10 09 2008Rank: Contract Acting Assisstant Sugeon (Civilian)
Organization: U. S. Army
Entered Service: Louisville, KY
Birth: 26 November 1832
Date Medal Issued: 11 November 1865 (Rescinded 1917; restored by President Carter 10 June 1977)
Places and Dates: Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861; Patent Office Hospital, Washington, D.C., October 1861; Chattanooga, Tenn., following Battle of Chickamauga, September 1863; Prisoner of War, April 10, 1864-August 12, 1864, Richmond, Va.; Battle of Atlanta, September 1864
Citation: Whereas it appears from official reports that Dr. Mary E. Walker, a graduate of medicine, “has rendered valuable service to the Government, and her efforts have been earnest and untiring in a variety of ways,” and that she was assigned to duty and served as an assistant surgeon in charge of female prisoners at Louisville, Ky., upon the recommendation of Major-Generals Sherman and Thomas, and faithfully served as contract surgeon in the service of the United States, and has devoted herself with much patriotic zeal to the sick and wounded soliders, both in the field and hospitals, to the detriment of her own health, and has also endured hardships as a prisoner of war four months in a Southern prison while acting as contract surgeon; and Whereas by reason of her not being a commissioned officer in the military service, a brevet or honorary rank cannot, under existing laws, be conferred upon her; and Whereas in the opinion of the President an honorable recognition of her services and sufferings should be made: It is ordered, That a testimonial thereof shall be hereby made and given to the said Dr. Mary E. Walker, and that the usual medal of honor for meritorious services be given her.
Given under my hand in the city of Washington, D.C., this 11th day of November, A.D. 1865.
Andrew Johnson,
President
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Medal of Honor: William H. Withington
3 09 2008Rank: Captain
Organization: Company B, 1st Michigan Infantry
Entered Service: Jackson, MI
Birth: Dorchester, MA
Date Medal Issued: 7 January 1895
Date of Action: 21 July 1861
Place of Action: Bull Run, VA
Citation: Remained on the field under heavy fire to succor his superior officer.
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Medal of Honor: Orlando B.Willcox
3 09 2008Rank: Colonel
Organization: 1st Michigan Infantry, Brigade Commander, Heintzelman’s Division
Entered Service: Detroit, MI
Birth: Detroit, MI
Date Medal Issued: 2 March 1895
Date of Action: 21 July 1861
Place of Action: Bull Run, VA
Citation: Led repeated charges until wounded and taken prisoner.
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Medal of Honor: Henry W. Wheeler
2 09 2008Rank: Private
Organization: Company A, 2nd Maine Infantry
Entered Service: Bangor, ME
Birth: Fort Smith, AR
Date Medal Issued: 5 April 1898
Date of Action: 21 July 1861
Place of Action: Bull Run, VA
Citation: Voluntarily accompanied his commanding officer and assisted in removing the dead and wounded from the field under a heavy fire of artillery and musketry.
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Medal of Honor: Charles F. Rand
2 09 2008Rank: Private
Organization: Company K, 12th New York Infantry
Entered Service: Batavia, NY
Birth: Batavia, NY
Date Medal Issued: 23 October 1897
Date of Action: 18 July 1861
Place of Action: Blackburn’s Ford, VA
Citation: Remained in action when a part of his regiment broke in disorder, joined another company, and fought with it through the remainder of the engagement.
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Medal of Honor: Charles J. Murphy
2 09 2008Rank: First Lieutenant and Quartermaster
Organization: 38th New York Infantry
Entered Service: ?
Birth: England
Date Medal Issued: 5 April 1898
Date of Action: 21 July 1861
Place of Action: Bull Run, VA
Citation: Took a rifle and voluntarily fought with his regiment in the ranks; when the regiment was forced back, voluntarily remained on the field caring for the wounded, and was there taken prisoner.
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Medal of Honor: John G. Merritt
1 09 2008Rank: Sergeant
Organization: Company K, 1st Minnesota Infantry
Entered Service: ?
Birth: New York
Date Medal Issued: 1 April 1880
Date of Action: 21 July 1861
Place of Action: Bull Run, VA
Citation: Gallantry in action; was wounded while capturing flag in advance of his regiment.
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Medal of Honor: Owen McGough
1 09 2008Rank: Corporal
Organization: Battery D, 5th US Artillery
Entered Service: ?
Born: Ireland
Date Medal Issued: 28 August 1897
Date of Action: 21 July 1861
Place of Action: Bull Run, VA
Citation: Through his personal exertions under a heavy fire, one of the guns of his battery was brought off the field; all the other guns were lost.
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Medal of Honor: Abiather J. Knowles
28 08 2008Rank: Private
Organization: Company D, 2nd ME Infantry
Entered Service: ?
Born: LaGrange, ME
Date Medal Issued: 27 December 1894
Date of Action: 21 July 1861
Place of Action: Bull Run, VA
Citiation: Removed dead and wounded under heavy fire.
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