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Medal Of Honor Recipients
Interim - 1866-1870
Born: 1829, Wales. Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 77, 1 August 1866. Citation: For heroic conduct in rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell, seamen of the U.S.S. Winooski, off Eastport, Maine, 10 May 1866.
Born: 1838, Denmark. Rank and organization: Captain of the Afterguard, U.S. Navy. Accredited to: Maryland. G.O. No.: 77, 1 August 1866. Citation: For heroic conduct with 2 comrades, in rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell, seamen, of the U.S.S. Winooski, off Eastport, Maine, 10 May 1866.
Born: 1833, Ireland. Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 77, 1 August 1866. Citation: For heroic conduct, with 2 comrades, in rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell, seamen, of the U.S.S. Winooski, off Eastport, Maine, 10 May 1866.
Born: 1844, Ireland. Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Accredited to: New York. Citation: Seaman on board the U.S.S. Huron, saving 3 shipmates from drowning.
Born: 18 August 1841, Gloucester, England. Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Accredited to: California. G.O. No.: 169, 8 February 1872. Citation: Halford was sole survivor of the boat's crew sent to the Sandwich Islands for assistance after the wreck of the Saginaw, October 1870. Promoted to acting gunner.
Born: 17 May 1837, Norway. Rank and organizarion: Captain of the Afterguard, U.S. Navy. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 77, 1 August 1866. Citation: For heroic efforts to save from drowning Wellington Brocar, landsman, of the Tallapoosa, off New Orleans, 15 July 1866. Follow @ilwcom Share this page | Bookmark this page The leading immigration law publisher - over 50000 pages of free information!
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