FERRIS, EUGENE W. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 30th Massachusetts
Infantry.
Place and date: At Berryville, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service
at: Lowell, Mass. Birth: Springfield, Vt. Date of issue: 16 October 1897.
Citation: Accompanied only by an orderly, outside the lines of the Army,
he gallantly resisted an attack of 5 of Mosby's cavalry, mortally wounded
the leader of the party, seized his horse and pistols, wounded 3 more,
and, though wounded himself, escaped.
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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