MARQUETTE, CHARLES

Rank and Organization:  Sergeant, Company F, 93d Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Lebanon County, Pa. Birth: Lebanon County, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865.

Date of Issue:  10 May 1865.

Citation:  Sergeant Marquette, although wounded, was one of the first to plant colors on the enemy's breastworks.

MARTIN, JAMES

Rank and Organization:  Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1826, Derry, Ireland. Accredited to: Pennsylvania.General Order No: 45, 31 December 1864.

Citation:  As captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Sergeant Martin fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the furious 2-hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.

MARTIN, SYLVESTER H.

Rank and Organization:  Lieutenant, Company K, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at:------. Birth: Chester County, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Weldon Railroad, Va., 19 August 1864.

Date of Issue:  5 April 1894.

Citation:  Gallantly made a most dangerous reconnaissance, discovering the position of the enemy and enabling the division to repulse an attack made in strong force.

MATTHEWS, JOHN C.

Rank and Organization:  Corporal, Company A, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry.   Entered service at: ------. Birth: Westmoreland County, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865.

Date of Issue:  13 February 1891.

Citation:  Voluntarily took the colors, whose bearer had been disabled, and, although himself severely wounded, carried the same until the enemy's works were taken.

MATTHEWS, MILTON

Rank and Organization:  Private, Company C, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Pittsburgh, Pa. Birth: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865.

Date of Issue:  10 May 1865.

Citation:  Capture of flag of 7th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.).

McADAMS, PETER

Rank and Organization:  Corporal, Company A, 98th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Ireland.

Place and Date:  At Salem Heights, Va., 3 May 1863.

Date of Issue:  1 April 1898.

Citation:  Went 250 yards in front of his regiment toward the position of the enemy and under fire brought within the lines a wounded and unconscious comrade.

McANALLY, CHARLES

Rank and Organization:  Lieutenant, Company D, 69th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Ireland.

Place and Date:  At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864.

Date of Issue:  2 August 1897.

Citation:  In a hand-to-hand encounter with the enemy captured a flag, was wounded in the act, but continued on duty until he received a second wound.

McKEEVER, MICHAEL

Rank and Organization:  Private, Company K, 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry.   Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Ireland.

Place and Date:  At Burnt Ordinary, Va., 19 January 1863.

Date of Issue:  2 August 1897.

Citation:  Was one of a small scouting party that charged and routed a mounted force of the enemy six times their number. He led the charge in a most gallant and distinguished manner, going far beyond the call of duty.

McKOWN, NATHANIEL A.

Rank and Organization:  Sergeant, Company B, 58th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at:------. Birth: Susquehanna County, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864.

Date of Issue:  6 April 1865.

Citation:  Capture of flag.

McWlLLlAMS, GEORGE W.

Rank and Organization:  Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1844, Pennsylvania. Accredited to: Pennsylvania.General Order No. 59, 22 June 1865.

Citation:  Served on board the U.S.S. Pontoosuc during the capture of Fort Fisher and Wilmington, 24 December 1864, to 22 February 1865. Carrying out his duties faithfully throughout this period, McWilliams was so severely wounded in the assault upon Fort Fisher that he was sent to the hospital at Portsmouth, Va. McWilliams was recommended for his gallantry, skill and coolness in action while under the fire of the enemy.

MEARS, GEORGE W.

Rank and Organization:  Sergeant, Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves.  Entered service at: Bloomsburg, Pa. Birth: Bloomsburg, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863.

Date of Issue:  16 February 1897.

Citation:  With five volunteers he gallantly charged on a number of the enemy's sharpshooters concealed in a log house, captured them, and brought them into the Union lines.

MILLER, WILLIAM E.

Rank and Organization:  Captain, Company H, 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry.  Entered service at: ------. Born: 5 February 1836, West Hill, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863.

Date of Issue:  21 July 1897.

Citation:  Without orders, led a charge of his squadron upon the flank of the enemy, checked his attack, and cut off and dispersed the rear of his column.

MINDIL, GEORGE W.

Rank and Organization:  Captain, Company I, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Germany.

Place and Date:  At Williamsburg, Va., 5 May 1862.

Date of Issue:  25 October 1893.

Citation:  As aide-de-camp led the charge with a part of a regiment, pierced the enemy's center, silenced some of his artillery, and, getting in his rear, caused him to abandon his position.

MITCHELL, ALEXANDER H.

Rank and Organization:  First Lieutenant, Company A, 105th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Hamilton, Pa. Birth: Perrysville, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864.

Date of Issue:  27 March 1890.

Citation:  Capture of flag of 18th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.), in a personal encounter with the color bearer.

MITCHELL, THEODORE

Rank and Organization:  Private, Company C, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Pittsburgh, Pa. Birth: Tarentum, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865.

Date of Issue:  10 May 1865.

Citation:  Capture of the flag of the Tennessee Brigade (C.S.A.).

MONAGHAN, PATRICK

Rank and Organization:  Corporal, Company F, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Minersville, Pa. Birth: Ireland.

Place and Date:  At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864.

Date of Issue:  1 December 1864.

Citation:  Recapture of colors of 7th New York Heavy Artillery.

MOORE, GEORGE

Rank and Organization:  Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1838, Philadelphia, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania.General Order No.: 59, 22 June 1865.

Citation:  Served on board the U.S.S. Rhode Island which was engaged in saving the lives of the officers and crew of the Monitor, 30 December 1862. Participating in the hazardous task of rescuing the officers and crew of the sinking Monitor, Moore after rescuing several of the men, became separated in a heavy gale with other members of the cutter that had set out from the Rhode Island, and spent many hours in the small boat at the mercy of the weather and high seas until finally picked up by a schooner 50 miles east of Cape Hatteras.

MORRISON, FRANCIS

Rank and Organization:  Private, Company H, 85th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Drakestown, Pa. Birth: Fayette County, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Bermuda Hundred, Va., 17 June 1864.

Date of Issue:  2 August 1897.

Citation:  Voluntarily exposed himself to a heavy fire to bring off a wounded comrade.

MOSTOLLER, JOHN W.

Rank and Organization:  Private, Company B, 54th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: ------. Birth: Somerset County, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Lynchburg, Va., 18 June 1864.

Date of Issue:  27 December 1894.

Citation:  Voluntarily led a charge on a Confederate battery (the officers of the company being disabled) and compelled its hasty removal.

MULHOLLAND, ST. CLAIR A.

Rank and Organization:  Major, 116th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 1 April 1839, Ireland.

Place and Date:  At Chancellorsville, Va., 4_5 May 1863.

Date of Issue:  26 March 1895.

Citation:  In command of the picket line held the enemy in check all night to cover the retreat of the Army.

MUNSELL, HARVEY M.

Rank and Organization:  Sergeant, Company A, 99th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Vanango County, Pa. Birth: Steuben County, N.Y.

Place and Date:  At Gettysburg, Pa., 1_3 July 1863.

Date of Issue:  5 February 1866.

Citation:  Gallant and courageous conduct as color bearer. (This noncommissioned officer carried the colors of his regiment through 13 engagements.)

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