DITZENBACK, JOHN - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1828, New York,
N.Y. Accredited to: Indiana. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Served
on board the U.S. Monitor Neosho during the engagement with enemy batteries
at Bells Mills, Cumberland River, near Nashville, Tenn., 6 December 1864.
Carrying out his duties courageously during the engagement, Ditzenback
gallantly left the pilot house after the flag and signal staffs of that
vessel had been shot away and, taking the flag which was drooping over
the wheelhouse, made it fast to the stump of the highest mast remaining,
although the ship was still under a heavy fire from the enemy.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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