John H. Ferrell-Elizabethtown, IL
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Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action on board the USS Monitor Neosho at the engagement at Bells Mills, Cumberland River, near Nashville, TN on December 6, 1864. He is buried in Price Cemetery, Elizabethtown, IL.
Waymark Code: WMZ0GA
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2018
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He was born on April 15, 1829 in Bedford, TN and died on April 17, 1900 in Elizabethtown, IL. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: FERRELL, JOHN H.
• Rank and organization: Pilot, U.S. Navy
• Entered service at: Illinois
• 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.
Armed Service: Navy
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