FERRELL, JOHN H. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Pilot, U.S. Navy. Entered service at: Illinois.
Born: 15 April 1823, Tennessee. 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, Ferrell gallantly
left the pilothouse after the flag and signal staffs of that vessel had
been shot away and, taking the flag which was drooping over the wheelhouse,
make 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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