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 NEW YORK: 
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 A MEMORIAL RECORD OP ALL OFFICERS AND MEN IN THE MILITARY AND 
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 TION IN OFFICIAL REPORTS, NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENCE, 
 OBITUARY NOTICES, AND OTHERWISE. 
 
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INTRODUCTION. 
 
 "OuK Hekoes" constitutes one of the numerous departments of 
 " Townseud's Encyclopaedia of the Great Rebellion," comprisinj): 
 the names, alphabetically arranged, of all our Soldiers and Sailors, 
 dead and living, privates as well as officers, whose names have received 
 honorable mention in official reports, reports of newspaper correspon- 
 dents, obituary notices, accounts of sword and other presentations, or 
 in any other way in which the press has afforded information. The 
 " Encycloptedia " being, as yet, completed for the first two years of 
 the war only, the first volume of "Ouk Heroes" (of which these 
 pages are a specimen), will be confined to the same period, and, as a 
 consequence, many names will be found who have since attained to 
 higher rank by promotion or gone down to honored graves in later 
 stages of a service which their gallantry had adorned. In such cases 
 their names will find suitable place among the dead or living heroes 
 in a subsequent volume of this work. The list does not include generals, 
 except among the dead ; as their record occupies a separate and con- 
 spicuous department in the Encyclopaedia; their acts having been such 
 a fruitful theme of discussion as to be familiar to all. The aini of this 
 work b to rescue from oblivion the noble deeds of the more humble, but 
 equally meritorious, among the lower officers and in the rank and file. 
 And that all who have received just praise in the annals of the time may 
 find place in the limits of this work, notice has not been taken of cases 
 (which are numerous) wliere the same hero has received honorable men- 
 tion on repeated occasions. This work, for the first two years of the 
 war, commencing on the 18th of April, 1861, and extending to the 
 13th of April, 1863, will contain the names and deeds of about five thou- 
 
4 IXTRODUCTIOX. 
 
 sand officers and men — one thousand of which will he in the list of fallen 
 heroes. As is inevitable, many inaccuracies in names and initials must 
 occur, though, in the case of officers, numerous errors in newspaper and 
 miscellaneous reports have been rectified through the aid of official 
 records in the War Department. 
 
 It is hoped this eifort to preserve and transmit to posterity the record 
 of the noble acts of those who placed their lives in jeopardy that the 
 Eepublic might be saved, will be appreciated by the public, and espe- 
 cially by the friends of those whose noble names so well deserve to be 
 made historical. The author does not hope for pecuniary reward as 
 the result of his labor ; his aim being to execute what seemed a sacred 
 duty to those whose record came, before him in the prosecution of his 
 greater work, and if by a favorable reception of this little book he shall 
 be saved from pecuniary loss, his satisfaction will be complete. His only 
 regret will be that ten thousand acts of heroism the most worthy of 
 praise often while the least paraded, have not been made public, and thus 
 brought within his reach. Their actors — 
 
 •• True knights— 
 Speaking in deeds, bnt deedless in their tongues." 
 
OUR HEROES. 
 
 OUR ILLUSTRIOUS. DEAD. 
 
 '■On Fame's eternal camping ground, 
 Their silent tents are spread, 
 And Glory guards with solemn round, 
 The bivouac of the dead."' 
 
 ALLEN, LIEUTENANT JOSEPH HALL, 7tli New York Volunteers. 
 Lieutenant Allen passed through the Seven Daj's' Battles on the peninsula 
 almost unhurt, but the strain upon his physical system during those days 
 of almo.st incessant action was of so intense a nature as to cause his 
 death shortly after his return home. He was twenty-two years of age, 
 and the only son of a widowed mother. Quiet and amiable in dispo- 
 sition, a dutiful son, and a brave soldier. 
 
 BAYARD, GENERAL GEORGE D. Killed at the battle of Fred- 
 ericksburg, lie was a native of New York, and graduated at the West 
 Point Military Academy in 1856. In August, 1861, he was promoted to 
 a captaincy in his regiment, now known as the 4th United States Cavalry. 
 He was soon after allowed leave of absence, to take command of the 1st 
 Pennsylvania Cavalry, and on the loth of June, 1862, he was promoted 
 to a brigadier-general. 
 
 CURTIS, COLONEL JOSEPH B., 4th Rhode Island Volunteers. 
 Killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, while bravely leading his regi- 
 ment into action. The fatal shot could have struck no nobler or more 
 promising young officer. He was only twenty-six years of age, and a 
 son of the late George Curtis, Es<i., of New York. 
 
 DECKER, LIEUTENANT NELSON H., 7th New York Cavalry. 
 Killed at the battle of Fredericksburg. His widowed mother, when slie 
 
6 OUR ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD. 
 
 first heard of Jiis death, exelaiined : "If I liad another to till his phice, 
 and assist in redeeming our glorious Union, tlie regiment sliould have him, 
 with a mother's blessing." His name shall ever be remembered on the 
 roll-call of the brave-hearted and the true. 
 
 EMMETT, LIEUTENANT TEMPLE, of General Meagher's stafl:'. A 
 son of the late Thomas Addis Enimett, Esq., of New York, and formerly 
 connected with the 71st Regiment New York State Militia. Lieutenant 
 Emmett acquitted himself w^ith great distinction at the first battle of 
 Bull Run, and, after adding honor to his already illustrious name, finally 
 died of fever, contracted while serving his country in the peninsula 
 battles under General McClellan. 
 
 FERGUSON, WILLIAM, Color-bearer of the 13th Missouri Volun 
 teers. Son of Mr. .Jansan Ferguson, of Westchester County, New York. 
 Killed at the battle of Shiloh, Tennessee. His last words were " Writf 
 to my father, and tell him I have endeavored to perform my duty." 
 
 GRAY. COLONEL CHARLES O., 96th New York Volunteers. Son 
 of the Hon. Thomas S. Gray, of New York. Killed at the battle of 
 Kinston, North Carolina. " A colonel should be in advance of his colors," 
 were the last words of Colonel Gray, as he moved forward to the front 
 of his color-bearer, and while in the act of doing so, a musket-ball put an 
 end to his existence. He was born at AVarrensburg, New York, in 1839, 
 and graduated as civil engineer at the Polytechnic Institute, Troy, 
 shortly before the commencement of the war. 
 
 HENNING, JOHN R., of United States steamer Colorado. Honora- 
 bly mentioned in Flag Officer Marvine's report of the cutting out of the 
 rebel privateer Judith, from under tl»e guns of the Pensac(jla Navy Yard, 
 on which occasion Henning lost his life. 
 
 IRWIN, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WILLIAM, 20th Illinois Volun- 
 teers. Killed at the battle of Fort Donelson, while bravely leading on 
 his men. ( 
 
 JOHNSON, CAPTAIN DAVID R., 51st New York Volunteers. 
 Killed at the battle of Newbern. Captain Johnson was appointed com- 
 mander at Fort Reno, after its capture, as a mark of appreciation for the 
 bravery displayed by him at the battle of Roanoke Island ; but this posi- 
 tion was too mcmotcmous for his ambitious spirit, and he again joined his 
 regiment, in time to participate in the battle in which he lost his life. 
 
 KEARNEY, GENERAL PHILIP. Killed at the battle of Chantilly, 
 Virginiiu His dciith struck all classes with sadness, and in the ranks of 
 the army his loss was mourned as that of an idolized hero. He was sliot 
 while leading a regiment into the fight, in order to post them in a position 
 he deemed prudent to hold. The Marshal Ney of our armies, he was 
 always in the front, leading on his men. utterly regardless of self. When 
 the rebellion broke out he jiromptly ottV-red his services to his country, 
 
OUB ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD. 7 
 
 and was coininissioned a brigadier-general. Very soon afterwards (ien- 
 eral McClellan gave him command of a division, in which position he 
 distingwished liiraself in all the battles on the Peninsula, and especially at 
 Fair Oaks, where his valor saved the day. Among his personal effects 
 was found the Decoration of the Legion of Honor, presented to him by 
 the Emj>eror Louis Napoleon ; and this distinguished honor, it is said, 
 had never before been bestowed on an American officer. General 
 Kearney was a native of New Jersey. 
 
 LADD, PRIVATE CRAWFORD, 6th Massachusetts Militia. Killed 
 by a secession mob at Baltimore, on the 16th of April, 1861, while 
 en route to defend the National Capital. One of the first three mar- 
 tyrs of the war, who died that the Republic might live. 
 
 MORROW, LIEUTENANT SAMUEL J., 100th Pennsylvania Volun- 
 teers. Fell at the battle of Secessionville, South Carolina, while heroic- 
 ally endeavoring to storm the rebel works. 
 
 NOYES, PRIVATE GEORGE A., 1st Massachusetts Volunteers. 
 Killed on the occasion of a brilliant charge by his company on a rebel 
 redoubt near Yorktown. 
 
 O'DONOnUE, CAPTAIN JOSEPH, 88th New York Volunteers. 
 Killed at the battle of Malvern Hill. He was from Middletown, Con- 
 necticut, and only twenty-one years of age. In physique and personal 
 beauty he was without an equal in his brigade, and General Meagher has 
 alluded to hjm as a talented and fearless young officer, of whose services 
 the country may well feel proud. 
 
 PERKINS, CAPTAIN AUGUSTUS S., 50th New York Vohuiteers. 
 Killed while gallantly aiding in an attempt to construct the pontoon 
 bridges across the Rappahannock, at the time of General Burnside's 
 attack upon Fredericksburg. 
 
 PwOSSELL, MAJOR NATHAN B., 3d United States Infantry. Killed 
 at the battle of Gaines' Mill. Major Rossell acquitted himself with hon- 
 orable distinction in the Mexican War, and his conduct at Gaines' Mill, 
 where he was killed while leading his regiment, bears ample evidence 
 «)f his bravery. lie was born at Trenton, New Jersey, about the year 
 1817, and was a son of the late General Rossell, and by marriage an 
 uncde of Mrs, General McClellan. Ilis great-grandfather, the Hon. Mr. 
 Trent, was the founder of Trenton. 
 
 SMITH, COLONEL J. KIRBY, -ISd Ohio Volunteers. Died of wounds 
 received at the battle of Corinth. General Staidey, in his report of the 
 engagement, says : " I have not words to describe the qualities of this 
 model soldier, or to express the loss we have sustained in his death. The 
 best testimony I can give to his memory is the spectacle, witnessed by 
 myself, in the very moment of battle, of stern, brave men \vee|)ing like 
 children as the word passed — Kirby Smith is dead I" 
 
8 OUR ILLUSTRIOUS BEAD. 
 
 THOMPSON^, LIEUTENANT SAMUEL H., 16th Ooiinecticut Volun- 
 teers (son of the Rev. Dr. Thompson, of the Theological Seminary at East 
 Windsor, Connecticut). He was a promising young officer, and received 
 his fatal wound at the battle of Antietam. 
 
 VANDERPOEL, LIEUTENANT BARENT, 40th New York Volun- 
 teers. Died of disease contracted while in the service of his country. 
 Colonel Egan says : " I bear witness to his courage and attention to duty. 
 At the battle of Williamsburg, he advanced ahead of his company, into 
 the abatis lined with rebel riflemen, and cheered and encouraged his 
 men until the enemy was driven out and the victory secured." 
 
 WAINWRIGHT, COMMANDER JONATHAN M., of the United 
 States steamer Harriet Lane. Killed at the time of the rebel attack 
 upon his vessel, at Galveston, Texas. He was a native of New York, 
 and a son of the late Bishop Wainwright. His record of services is a good 
 one, and his death a glorious one. 
 
 YOUNG, ADJUTANT JOHN R., 88th New York Volunteers. Gen- 
 eral Meagher, in his report of the battle of Fredericksburg, says: "I have 
 to deplore the loss of this gallant officer." 
 
 ZIMMERMAN, LIEUTENANT CHARLES W., of steamer Westfield. 
 Killed by an explosion on board of his vessel at the time of the rebel 
 attack upon Galveston. His Commander (Renshaw) was killed at the 
 same time, while destroying his vessel to prevent her falling into the 
 hands of the enemy. Lieutenant Zimmerman was a native of Maryland, 
 and was appointed an active Midshipman in 1861. 
 
OUR LIYOG HEROES. 
 
 " Whose honors with increase of ages grow, 
 As streams roll down enlarging as they flow." 
 
 AMMEN, LIEUTENANT DANIEL, connnanding gnnboat Seveca. He 
 hoisted the American ensign on the flagstaft' of Fort Beauregard on tlit> 
 occasion of the great naval expedition to Beaufort, South Carolina, in 
 1861. 
 
 ALLEN, LIEUTEN.INT LYMAN G., Company C, 27th Elinois Volun- 
 tieers. During the siege of Island No. 10, he went over to the upjier 
 rebel fort, under cover of the darkness, and listened awhile to rebel 
 conversation, and after learning all he could, safely returned, bringing 
 with hira a marker's flag. 
 
 APPLEMAN, MAJOR HIRAM, 8th Connecticut Volunteers. One 
 of the heroes to whom we are especially indebted for the capture of Fort 
 Macon, North Carolina. 
 
 BAGLEY, LIEUTENANT JAMES, (Wth Regiment, New York State 
 Militia. Honorably mentioned in General Sherman'.s report of the first 
 battle of Bull Run. 
 
 BAILEY, SURGEON E. W., -iVth Pennsylvania Volunteers. General 
 Brannon, in his report of the battle of Pocotaligo, South Carolina, says : 
 " Nothing could be more satisfactory than the promptness and skill with 
 which the wounded were attended by Surgeon Bailey." 
 
 BISSELL, COLONEL JOSIAH W., of the Missouri Engineers. Gen 
 eral Pope, in his report of the victory at Island No, 10, says : " Of Colonel 
 Bissell, I cannot say too much. Full of resources, he labored night and 
 day, and completed a work which will be a monument of enterprise and 
 skill." 
 
 CHASE, CAPTAIN WILLIAM S., Company E.. 4th Rhode Island 
 Volunteers. Honorably mentioned in an account of the battle of New- 
 bern, where he was severely wounded. 
 
 CURTIS, C;APTAIN N. M., 16th New York Volunteers, said to be 
 the tallest man in the army (six feet, six inches). He rallied his men 
 three times after being wounded, at the battle of West Point. 
 
10 OUR LIVING HEROES. 
 
 CLINGMAN, HERMAN, of the Zouaves d'Afrique (Pliiladelphia). 
 One of the few remaining members of this gallant little band ; the rest 
 were uearly all killed, wounded, or taken prisoners at the battle of Front 
 Royal. 
 
 DAYTON, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL OSCAR V., 62d New York 
 Volunteers. A hero of seven battles. At Fair Oaks he led his men, and 
 fairly routed an entire brigade. He was afterwards badly wounded at 
 Malvern Hill. 
 
 DONOVAN, JOHN E., Company B, 2d Wisconsin Vohmteers. He 
 was wounded several times at the second battle of Bull Run. 
 
 DIMON, LIEUTENANT CHARLES A. R., of Colonel Dudley's statf 
 (13th Massachusetts Volunteers). Honorably mentioned in Colonel Dud- 
 ley's report of the battle of Baton Rouge. 
 
 ELWELL, MAJOR ANDREW, 23d Massachusetts Volunteers. 
 Honorably mentioned in Colonel Kurtz's report of the battle of New- 
 bern. 
 
 ELLIOTT, LIEUTENANT HENRY II., of General Williams' staff 
 (formerly of the 9th New York Volunteers). Acting Brigadier-General 
 Cahill, in his report of the battle of Baton Rouge, says : " Of his coolness 
 and intrepidity in action, every officer in the battle can bear witness." 
 
 ELLET, CHARLES R. (son of Colonel Ellet of the ram fleet). He 
 first raised the Stars and Stripes in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, at the 
 time of its surrender to the United States authorities. 
 
 FISKE, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL FRANK S., 2d New Hampshire 
 Volunteers. Honorably mentioned in General Burnside's report of the 
 tirst battle of Bull Run. 
 
 FLOOD, THOMAS S. A boy on board steamer Pensacola. Com- 
 mander Rae, in his report of the engagement with Forts St. Philip and 
 Jackson, says : " I cannot speak too highly of the heroic actions of young 
 Flood, and would be glad to see him ai)pointed a midshipman in the navy." 
 The President has since given him the ai)pointment. 
 
 FULLER, W. J. A., of New York. At the time of the wrecking of 
 transport Oriental, Mr. Fuller went sixty-five miles in a canoe, across 
 the sound to Fort Ilatteras for assistance, which by his energy was 
 obtained, and a large amount of Government stores thereby saved. 
 
 GOURAUD, xVDJUTANT GEORGE E., 3d New York Cavalry (for- 
 merly a clerk with Messrs. Tiftany & Co. of New York). Acquitted 
 liimself bravely on the occasion of a brilliant dash by his regiment upon a 
 force of rebel cavalry. 
 
 GRAHAM, SERGEANT WILLIAM P., 67th Indiana Volunteers. At 
 the time of the surrender of Munfordsville, Kentucky, to the rebels, he 
 stripped oft' his uniform, wrapped the colors of his company around his 
 bodv, and thus saved the flag. 
 
OUR LIVING HEKOKS. 11 
 
 GREGORY, ADJUTANT BENJAMIN, 7tl. New York Cavalr.v • A 
 braver and more eager man never met an enemy." 
 
 HART, PETER. New York may be proud of her tirst volunteer. I If 
 replaced the flag upon Fort Sumter after it had been shot down by the 
 rebels on the 13th of April, 1861. 
 
 HOWE, ELIAS, 18th Connecticut Volunteers (the famous sowing 
 machine inventor). Although liis income is said to be a quarter of a 
 million dollars per annum, he enlisted as a private, and carried the mail 
 daily from Washington to the camp of the regiment. 
 
 IIEARN, JOSEPH, Compauy I), 5th New York cavalry. Aw}uitted 
 liimself bravely at the battle of Front Royal. 
 
 ISRAEL, LIEUTENANT L., 55th New York Volunteers. Honorably 
 mentioned ui General Peck's report of the battle of Fair Oaks. He was 
 formerly connected with the New York "Evening Express." 
 
 ISDELL, PRIVATE J. B., 5th Ohio Volunteers. After the Hfth 
 color-bearer had been shot down, at the battle of Winchester, he imme 
 diately supplied his jdace, at the imminent peril of his life. 
 
 IMMELL, LIEUTENANT K I)., of General Hamilton's staff. Honor 
 ably mentioned in that General's report of the battle of luka. 
 
 JOUETT, LIEUTENANT JAMES E„ of fi-igate S<iutee. Captain 
 Henry Eagle, in his report of tlie capture of the privateer Ro-ydl Yttrht, 
 says: "I desire to call attejition of the Department to the gallantry of 
 Lieutenant Jouett. Although seriously wounded, lie displayed great firm 
 ness throughout. 1 can with confidence recommend him for the commami 
 of any vessel in the service suitable to his rank." 
 
 JOHNSON, CAPTAIN D. K., Company L 51st New York Volunteers. 
 Honorably mentioned in Colonel Ferrero's report of the battle of Roanoke 
 Island. 
 
 JEFFERS, LIEUTENANT WILLIAM N. He commanded the AIo„ 
 itor after the wounding of Lieutenant Wordeii, during tlw? great naval 
 engagement with the Mrrriniar in Hampton Roads. 
 
 KURTZ, COLONEL JOHN, 2;5d Massachusetts Volunteers. In re|>lv 
 to an order from General Foster at the battle of Roaixoke Island, he said. 
 "It is a hard road to travel, but if anybody can do it, I can.'" 
 
 KELLY, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JAMES, •69th New York Volun 
 teers. He captured tjbe rebel (ieueral Pettigrew at the battle of Vn'w 
 Oaks. 
 
 KASSA€, LIEUTENANT WILLIAM, of General Grant's staff. Hon 
 orably mentioned in General Grant's refiort of the battle of Shiloh. 
 
 LE BOTELIER, C. W., Assistant Surgeon of the 1st Minnesota \' ohm - 
 teers. The oidy one of several surgeons held as prisoners of war. wli" 
 refused to sign a discreditable form of parole at Richmond. 
 
 LARNED. LIEUTENANT F. II.. ..f the Unite.l States Arm v. H-.n 
 
12 OUR LIVING HEKOE8. 
 
 orably mentioned in Genei'al Butler's report of the capture of Forts 
 Hatteras and Clark, North Carolina. 
 
 LEDDY, CAPTAIN THOMAS, Company B, (iOth New York Volun- 
 teers. He was presented with an elegant sword by the members of his 
 regiment as a mark of appreciation for his brilliant courage in the battles 
 before Richmond under General McClellan. 
 
 MARSHALL, COLONEL ELISHA (I., 13th New York Volunteers. 
 Honorably acquitted himself at the battle of Hanover Court House. 
 
 McGregor, Dr. JOHN, Surgeon of the 3d Connecticut Volunteers 
 Dr. McGregor was captured at the first battle of Bull Run, and was for 
 many months a companion of Colonel Corcoran, of the 69th New York, 
 in a rebel prison. Colonel Corcoran, in a letter to a friend, says : " Sur- 
 geon McGregor is fully entitled to the warmest thanks of the people for 
 the untiring zeal and enei-gy which he manifested in the discharge of his 
 duty at Bull Run, voluntarily remaining on the battle-field to take care of 
 our wounded, and since he has been in Richmond, constant in his atten- 
 tions to our sick." 
 
 McKECHNIE, LIEUTENANT ROBERT, 9th New York Volunteers, 
 formerly of the New York "Herald" office. He conducted himself on 
 several occasions and in various engagements with so much gallantry as to 
 win the esteem and confidence of his superior officers, and his old asso- 
 ciates of the " Herald " Office presented him with a testimonial, as a mark 
 of appreciation for the honorable manner in which he had represented 
 that institution on the battle-field. 
 
 NO YES, CAPTAIN GEORGE F., of General Doubleday's staflt, a 
 member of the New York bar. General Doubleday, in his report of the 
 battle of South Mountain, says : " Captain Noyes stood upon the fence in 
 the hottest of the fire, cheering on the men, and otherwise rendering me 
 important service." In General Doubleday 's reports of the battles of 
 second Bull Run and Antietara, Captain Noyes is again alluded to in 
 complimentary terms. 
 
 NELSON, SERGEANT WILLIAM. Promoted from the ranks for 
 meritorious services. 
 
 O'BRIEN, CAPTAIN JAMES, STth New York Volunteers. Honor- 
 ably mentioned in General Kearney's report of the battle of Fair Oaks. 
 
 O'ROWLEY, I'RIVATE RALPH, of Magee's Massachusetts cavalry. 
 General Butler, in general orders relating to the battle of Baton Rouge, 
 says: "O'ltowiey went into the field, liitched horses to a battery wagon 
 of the Gtli Massachusetts Battery, and brought it ofl:' under fire of the 
 enemy." 
 
 OLTMANS, J. G.. of tiio Coast Survey. Honorably mentioned by 
 Commodore Porter, tV)r valuable services rendered as our fleet approaclied 
 and captured New Orleans. 
 
OUR LlVmO HEK0E8. 13 
 
 PESTTLER, CAPTAIN J. H., of Squadron 0, 4th New York Cavalry 
 Captain Pintler responded to Colonel Dodge's solicitation for volunteers 
 to cross Blackwater River, Virginia, and test the possibility of its passage. 
 The gallant Captain spurred his horse into the dark and treacherous 
 water, and, crossing to the opposite bank, ascertained that the passage 
 across the river was practicable. 
 
 PARROTT, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL E. A., Ist Ohio Volunteers. 
 Honorably mentioned in General Rosecrans's report of the battle of 
 ^Shiloh. 
 
 PECK, OSCAR, of gunboat Vanma. Commander Hoggs, in his report 
 of the engagement with Forts St, Philip and Jackson, says : " I would 
 particularly commend to the notice of the Department, Oscar Peck, 
 second class boy, and powder boy of the after rifle, whose coolness and 
 intrepidity attracted the attention of all hands. A fit reward for such 
 service would be an appointment to the Naval Academy." 
 
 QUINCY, CAPTAIN SAMUEL M., 2d Massachusetts Volunteers. 
 Acquitted himself bravely at the battle of Cedar Mountain, where he was 
 taken prisonei'. 
 
 QUEEN, J. A., Commander of schooner ./. A. Wartf. Commodore 
 Porter, in his report of the engagement with Forts St. Philip and Jack- 
 son, says: " I can only say that I would like always to have him by my 
 side in times of difficulty and danger." 
 
 QUIMBY, CAPTAIN WILLIAM M., 12th United States Infantry. 
 Wounded at the battle of Cedar Mountain, where he proved himself a 
 brave and skilful officer. 
 
 RITCHIE. DAVID. lie recaptured the United State<s revenue flag, 
 on board cutter McChlhiml, in 1862. This was the identical flag about 
 which General Dix sent his famous order — " If any one attempts to haul 
 down the American flag, shoot him on the spot."' 
 
 Ritchie (a young Scotchman) was a seaman on board the McClelland, 
 from the time she was put in commission, until after her arrival at New 
 Orleans. He had since been living at Algiers, Louisiana, and on tlie night 
 of the 24th of April, 18t)2, just about the time of the capture of New 
 Orleans, he learned that the rebels were about to burn the McClel- 
 land, and he determined to have the old flag, which by a bold and 
 daring act he obtained, and handed over to General Butler, who soon 
 afterwards forwarded it to General Dix. For this gallant act he was 
 made a Lieutenant in the revenue service, and assigned to the Philip 
 Allen. 
 
 RICH, CAPTAIN, 3d New York Artillery, acquitted himself with 
 great skill and bravery at the battle of Washington, North Carolina. 
 
 RUSSELL, CAPTAIN HENRY S., 2d Massachusetts Volunteers, ac- 
 
14 OUK LIVING HEROES. 
 
 quitted liiinself heroifully at the battle of Cedar Muuutaiu, where he was 
 taken prisoner. 
 
 STEADMAN, MR., Reporter for the New York " World." He rescued 
 the colors of the 5th Massachusetts Regiment, from the hands of the 
 rebels, at the first battle of Bull Run. 
 
 SCANDLIN", REV. WILLIAM G., Chaplain of the 15th Massachusetts 
 Volunteers. He performed his part meritoriously at the battle of Ball's 
 Bluff. 
 
 SHERRILL, COLONEL ELIAKIM. 126th New York Volunteers. At^ 
 the battle of Harper's Ferry, Colonel Sherrill was conspicuous for his 
 skill and bravery. Dismounting from his horse, and with revolver in 
 each hand, he rallied his wavering troops, calling to his men to stand by 
 him, until he was finally shot in the mouth and carried to the rear. 
 
 THOMPSON, CAPTAIN AMBROSE, JR., of New York. Chief 
 Quartermaster of General Shields's Division. Captain Thompson was 
 thanked in a general order, read at the head of the army, for his efficiency 
 in the various positions in which he had been placed. 
 
 TOWNSEND, PRIVATE ALFRED. Promoted by the Secretary of 
 War to a lieutenancy in the regular army, for gallant conduct in the bat- 
 tles on the Peninsula, and also in the second battle of Bull Run. 
 
 THOMAS, COLONEL STEPHEN, 8th Vermont Volunteers. The hero 
 of a successful foraging expedition, near New Orleans, which resulted in 
 a brilliant and successful skirmish, 
 
 UPTON^ COLONEL EDWIN, 25th Massachusetts Volunteers. Hon- 
 orably mentioned in General Ferrero's report of the capture of Newbern, 
 North Carolina. 
 
 URANN, W. I)., Acting Master of steamer Crusader. Honorably 
 mentioned in Commander Rhind's report of an attack, by a concealed 
 body of rebels, on one of our boats sent to assist Mr. Reynolds, Govern- 
 ment Agent, in securing cotton on North Edisto Island. 
 
 VON SCHRCEDER, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ALEXANDER. Gen- 
 eral Rosecrans, in Special Order No. 20, compliments Colonel Von Schrce- 
 der for the skilful manner in which he controlled the picket line of the 
 garrison, during the two months of 1862 in which Nashville, Tennessee, 
 was isolated from the North. 
 
 VINCENT, PRIVATE FRED., 25th New York Volunteers. Honora- 
 bly mentioned in Surgeon White's report, for the assistance he rendered 
 our wounded men during the battles on the peninsula. 
 
 WARD, COLONEL J. H. HOBART, 38th New York Volunteers. 
 He led the famous bayonet charge at the battle of Chantilly, which has 
 been said to have decided the fortunes of the day in our favor. 
 
 WILKESON, MR. SAMUEL, of the New York "Tribune." General 
 Heintzelman, in his report of the battle of Fair Oaks, says : " I wish to 
 
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 bear witness tn the s^alliuitry and coolness of Mr. Wilkeson, who vohin- 
 teered to act as my aid. When onr troops commenced to pive way, he 
 was conspicnons in tlie tlirong, aiding in rallying the men."' 
 
 WAL8II, CAPTALV .1. J., ;36th New York Volnnteers. At the battle 
 of Fair Oaks he took command of his regiment, and bronght it glo- 
 rionsly through the tight. He was soon after promoted to Lieutenant- 
 Colonel. 
 
 YOUNG, CAPTAIN, Quartermaster of Acting Brigadier-General 
 Baker's Brigade, at the battle of BalPs Bluli'. To Captain Young is due 
 the credit of preventing the remains of General Baker from falling into 
 the hands of the enemy. 
 
 YOUNG, COLONEL WILLIAM H., 18th New York Volunteers. He 
 was personally complimented, by Generals Franklin and Newton, for liis 
 cool and daring courage at the battle of West Point. 
 
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