Chief turret captain on board of the U.S.S. _Utah_, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, April 21 and 22, 1914. (G.O. 101, June 15, 1914.)
Ordinary seaman, serving on board the U.S.S. _Hartford_, for gallant conduct in the presence of the enemy during the action against Fort Morgan and the enemy's vessels in Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864. (G.O. 391, November 12, 1891.)
Quartermaster on board the U.S. monitor _Neosho_. During the engagement at Bells Mills, on the Cumberland River, near Nashville, Tenn., December 6, 1864, the flag and signal staffs of the _Neosho_ were shot away and the flag lay drooping over the wheelhouse. Under the fire of the enemy's artillery and musketry, this man went out of the pilot house, recovered the flag, and tied it to the stump of the main signal staff, the highest mast remaining, being assisted by Pilot John H. Ferrell. (G.O. 59, June 22, 1865.)
Ordinary seaman on board the U.S.S. _Metacomet_; was one of the boat's crew which, in charge of Acting Ensign H. C. Neilds, United States Navy, went to the rescue of the officers and crew of the U.S. monitor _Tecumseh_ when that vessel was sunk by a torpedo in passing the forts in Mobile Bay August 5, 1864. This boat's crew, under their brave and gallant leader, went within a few hundred yards of one of the forts, under a fire which Admiral Farragut expressed as "one of the most galling" he ever saw, and succeeded in rescuing from death 10 of the crew of the _Tecumseh_. Their conduct elicited the admiration of both friend and foe. (G.O. 71, January 15, 1866.)
Coal heaver on board the U.S.S. _Richmond_, Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864; commended for coolness and good conduct and for refusing to leave his station as shot and shell passer after having been knocked down and badly wounded in the head by splinters; and upon going to quarters the second time he was found at his station nobly doing his duty in the action in Mobile Bay on the morning and forenoon of August 5, 1864. He was in Fort Pickens when it was bombarded by the rebels; was on board the _Brooklyn_ in the actions with Forts Jackson and St. Philip; the Chalmettes; the rebel ironclad and gunboats below New Orleans; the batteries below Vicksburg; and present at the surrender of New Orleans. (G.O. 45, December 31, 1864.)