DAVIDSIZER, JOHN A.

Rank and Organization:   Sergeant, Company A, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry.  Entered service at: Lewiston, Pa. Birth: Milford, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865.

Date of Issue:  3 May 1865

Citation:  Capture of flag.

DAVIS, CHARLES C.

Rank and Organization:   Major, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry.  Entered service at: Harrisburg, Pa. Born: 15 August 1830, Harrisburg, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Shelbyville, Tenn., 27 June 1863.

Date of Issue:  14 June 1894.

Citation:  Led one of the most desperate and successful charges of the war.

DAY, CHARLES

Rank and Organization:  Private, Company K, 210th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Lycoming County, Pa. Birth: Otsego County, N.Y.

Place and Date:  At Hatchers Run, Va., 6 February 1865.

Date of Issue:  20 July 1897.

Citation:  Seized the colors of another regiment of the brigade, the regiment having been thrown into confusion and the color bearer killed, and bore said colors throughout the remainder of the engagement.

DE LACEY, PATRICK

Rank and Organization:  First Sergeant, Company A, 143d Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Scranton, Pa. Born: 25 November 1834, Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864.

Date of Issue:  24 April 1894.

Citation:  Running ahead of the line, under a concentrated fire, he shot the color bearer of a Confederate regiment on the works, thus contributing to the success of the attack.

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DELANEY, JOHN C.

Rank and Organization:   Sergeant, Company I, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Honesdale, Pa. Birth: 22 April 1848, Ireland.

Place and Date:  At Danby's mills, Va., 6 February 1860.

Date of Issue:  29 August 1894.

Citation:  Sprang between the lines and brought out a wounded comrade about to be burned in the brush.

DE LAVIE, HIRAM H.

Rank and Organization:   Sergeant, Company I, 11th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Allegheny County, Pa. Birth: Stark County, Ohio.

Place and Date:  At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865.

Date of Issue:  10 May 1865

Citation:  Capture of flag.

DEMPSTER, JOHN

Rank and Organization:   Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1839, Scotland. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. General Order No.: 59, 22 June 1865.

Citation:  Dempster served on board the U.S.S. New Ironsides during action in several attacks on Fort Fisher, 24 and 25 December 1864; and 13, 14, and 15 January 1865. The ship steamed in and took the lead in the ironclad division close inshore and immediately opened its starboard battery in a barrage of well-directed fire to cause several fires and explosions and dismount several guns during the first 2 days of fighting. Taken under fire as she steamed into position on 13 January, the New Ironsides fought all day and took on ammunition at night despite severe weather conditions. When the enemy came out of his bombproofs to defend the fort against the storming party, the ship's battery disabled nearly every gun on the fort facing the shore before the cease-fire orders were given by the flagship.

DENIG, J. HENRY

Rank and Organization:   Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1839, York, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania.General Order No.: 45, 31 December 1864.

Citation:  On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Sgt. Denig 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.

DONALDSON, JOHN

Rank and Organization:   Sergeant, Company L, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry.  Entered service at: ------. Birth: Butler County, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Appomattox Courthouse, Va., 9 April 1865.

Date of Issue:  3 May 1865.

Citation:  Capture of flag of 4th Virginia Cavalry (C.S.A.).

DOOLEN, WILLIAM

Rank and Organization:   Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy. Born: 1841, Ireland. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. General Order No.: 45, 31 December 1864.

Citation:  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. Although knocked down and seriously wounded in the head, Doolen refused to leave his station as shot and shell passed. Calm and courageous, he rendered gallant service throughout the prolonged battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the successful attacks carried out on Fort Morgan despite the enemy's heavy return fire.

DOUGHERTY, MICHAEL

Rank and Organization:   Private, Company B, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry.  Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 10 May 1844, Ireland.

Place and Date:  At Jefferson, Va., 12 October 1863.

Date of Issue:  23 January 1897.

Citation:  At the head of a detachment of his company dashed across an open field, exposed to a deadly fire from the enemy, and succeeded in dislodging them from an unoccupied house, which he and his comrades defended for several hours against repeated attacks, thus preventing the enemy from flanking the position of the Union forces.

DUNCAN, JAMES K. L.

Rank and Organization:   Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1845, Frankfort, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania.General Order No.: 32, 16 April 1864.

Citation:  Served on board the U.S.S. Fort Hindman during the engagement near Harrisonburg, La., 2 March 1864. Following a shellburst at one of the guns which started a fire at the cartridge tie, Duncan immediately seized the burning cartridge, took it from the gun and threw it overboard, despite the immediate danger to himself. Carrying out his duties through the entire engagement, Duncan served courageously during this action in which the Fort Hindman was raked severely with shot and shell from the enemy guns.

ELLIOTT, ALEXANDER

Rank and Organization:   Sergeant, Company A, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry.  Entered service at: North Sewickley, Pa. Birth: Beaver County, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865.

Date of Issue:  3 May 1865.

Citation:  Capture of flag.

ENGLE, JAMES E.

Rank and Organization:   Sergeant, Company I, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Chester, Pa. Birth: Chester, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Bermuda Hundred, Va., 18 May 1864.

Date of Issue:  17 December 1896.

Citation:  Responded to a call for volunteers to carry ammunition to the regiment on the picket line and under a heavy fire from the enemy assisted in carrying a box of ammunition to the front and remained to distribute the same.

EVANS, THOMAS

Rank and Organization:  Private, Company D, 54th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Cambria County, Pa. Birth: Wales.

Place and Date:  At Piedmont, Va., 5 June 1864.

Date of Issue:  26 November 1864.

Citation:  Capture of flag of 45th Virginia (C.S.A.).

EWING, JOHN C.

Rank and Organization:  Private, Company E, 211th Pennsylvania Infantry.Private, Company E, 211th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: ------. Birth: Westmoreland County, Pa.

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

Date of Issue:  20 May 1865.

Citation:  Capture of flag.

FASNACHT, CHARLES H.

Rank and Organization:  Sergeant, Company A, 99th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: ------. Birth: Lancaster County, Pa.

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

Date of Issue:  2 April 1878.

Citation:  Capture of flag of 2nd Louisiana Tigers (C.S.A.) in a hand-to-hand contest.

FASSETT, JOHN B.

Rank and Organization:  Captain, Company F, 23d Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa.

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

Date of Issue:  29 December 1894.

Citation:  While acting as an aide, voluntarily led a regiment to the relief of a battery and recaptured its guns from the enemy.

FISHER, JOSEPH

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

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

Date of Issue:  16 January 1894.

Citation:  Carried the colors 50 yards in advance of his regiment, and after being painfully wounded attempted to crawl into the enemy's works in an endeavor to plant his flag thereon.

FLANAGAN, AUGUSTIN

Rank and Organization:  Sergeant, Company A, 55th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Chest Springs, Pa. Birth: Cambria County, Pa.

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

Date of Issue:  6 April 1865.

Citation:  Gallantry in the charge on the enemy's works: rushing forward with the colors and calling upon the men to follow him; was severely wounded.

FOX, WILLIAM R.

Rank and Organization:  Private, Company A, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at:------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa.

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

Date of Issue:  28 March 1879.

Citation:  Bravely assisted in the capture of one of the enemy's guns; with the first troops to enter the city, captured the flag of the Confederate customhouse.

FRICK, JACOB G.

Rank and Organization:  Colonel, 129th Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at. Pottsville, Pa. Born: 23 January 1838, Northumberland, Pa.

Place and Date:  At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862.  At Chancellorsville, Va., 3 May 1863.

Date of Issue:  7 June 1892.

Citation:  At Fredericksburg seized the colors and led the command through a terrible fire of cannon and musketry. In a hand-to-hand fight at Chancellorsville, recaptured the colors of his regiment.

FRY, ISAAC N.

Rank and Organization:  Orderly Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Accredited to: Pennsylvania.General Order No.: 59, 22 June 1865.

Citation:  On board the U.S.S. Ticonderoga during attacks on Fort Fisher, 13 to 15 January 1865. As orderly sergeant of marine guard, and captain of a gun, Orderly Sgt. Fry performed his duties with skill and courage as the Ticonderoga maintained a well-placed fire upon the batteries to the left of the palisades during the initial phases of the 3-day battle, and thereafter, as she considerably lessened the firing power of guns on the mount which had been turned upon our assaulting columns. During this action the flag was planted on one of the strongest fortifications possessed by the rebels.

FUNK, WEST

Rank and Organization:  Major, 121st Pennsylvania Infantry.  Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Boston, Mass.

Place and Date:  At Appomattox Courthouse, Va., 9 April 1865.

Date of Issue:  15 October 1872.

Citation:  Capture of flag of 46th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).

FURMAN, CHESTER S.

Rank and Organization:  Corporal, Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves.  Entered service at: ------. Birth: Columbia, Pa.

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

Date of Issue:  3 August 1897.

Citation:  Was 1 of 6 volunteers who charged upon a log house near Devil's Den, where a squad of the enemy's sharpshooters were sheltered, and compelled their surrender.

FURNESS, FRANK

Rank and Organization:  Captain, Company F, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry.  Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth:------.

Place and Date:  At Trevilian Station, Va., 12 June 1864.

Date of Issue:  20 October 1899.

Citation:  Voluntarily carried a box of ammunition across an open space swept by the enemy's fire to the relief of an outpost whose ammunition had become almost exhausted, but which was thus enabled to hold its important position.

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