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Matthew Arther
Rank and organization: Signal Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1835, Scotland. Entered service at: Boston, Mass. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Carondelet at the reduction of Forts Henry and Donelson, 6 and 14 February 1862 and other actions. Carrying out his duties as signal quartermaster and captain of the rifled bow gun, S/Q.M. Arther was conspicuous for valor and devotion, serving most faithfully, effectively and valiantly.
James Avery
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1825, Scotland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 71, 15 January 1866. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Metacomet. As a member of the boat's crew which went to the rescue of the U.S. monitor Tecumseh when that vessel was struck by a torpedo in passing the enemy forts in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864, S/man Avery braved the enemy fire which was said by the admiral to be "one of the most galling" he had ever seen, and aided in rescuing from death 10 of the crew of the Tecumseh, eliciting the admiration of both friend and foe.
Andrew Brinn
Rank
and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Entered service at: New York. Birth:
Scotland. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S.
Mississippi during her abandonment and firing in the engagement at Port
Hudson, 14 March 1863. Remaining under enemy fire for 21/2 hours, Brinn
remained on board the grounded vessel until all the abandoning crew had
landed. After asking to be assigned some duty, he was finally ordered to
save himself and to leave the Mississippi which had been deliberately fired
to prevent her falling into rebel hands.
Rank
and organization: Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy. Born: 1826, Scotland,
Accredited to: New York. G.O. 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 from stem to stern, Brown fought his gun with
skill and courage throughout the furious battle which resulted in the surrender
of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of
batteries at Fort Morgan.
Rank
and organization: First Lieutenant, Company H, 30th U.S.
Colored Troops. Place and date: At the mine, Petersburg, Va., 30 July
1864. Entered service at: Otsego County, N.Y. Born: 12 February 1840, Scotland.
Date of issue: 17 October 1892. Citation: One of the first to enter the
enemy's works, where, after his colonel, major, and one-third the company
officers had fallen, he gallantly assisted in rallying and saving the remnant
of the command.
John
Dempster
Rank
and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1839, Scotland. Accredited
to: Pennsylvania. G.O. 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.
David
Dickie
Rank
and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 97th Illinois
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered
service at: Gillespie, Macoupin County, Ill. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue:
29 January 1896. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming
party."
Allan
H Dougall
Rank
and organization: First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 88th
Indiana Infantry. Place and date: At Bentonville, N.C., 19 March 1865.
Entered service at: New Haven, Allen County, Ind. Birth: Scotland. Date
of issue: 16 February 1897. Citation: In the face of a galling fire from
the enemy he voluntarily returned to where the color bearer had fallen wounded
and saved the flag of his regiment from capture.
Henry
Dow
Rank
and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840, Scotland. Accredited
to: Illinois. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Served on board the
U.S.S. Cincinnati during the attack on the
Vicksburg batteries and at the time of her sinking, 27 May 1863. Engaging
the enemy in a fierce battle, the Cincinnati, amidst an incessant fire of
shot and shell, continued to fire her guns to the last, though so penetrated
by enemy shellfire that her fate was sealed. Serving courageously throughout
this action, Dow carried out his duties to the end on this proud ship that
went down with "her colors nailed to the mast."
John
M Farquhar
Rank
and organization: Sergeant Major, 89th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Stone River, Tenn., 31 December 1862. Entered service
at: Chicago, Ill. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 6 August 1902. Citation:
When a break occurred on the extreme right wing of the Army of the Cumberland,
this soldier rallied fugitives from other commands, and deployed his own
regiment, thereby checking the Confederate advance until a new line was
established.
William
W Fraser (Frazier)
Rank
and organization: Private, Company I, 97th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Alton,
Madison County, Ill. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 24 October 1895. Citation:
Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
John
Gray
Rank
and organization: Private, Company B, 5th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Port Republic, Va., 9 June 1862. Entered service at:
Hamilton County, Ohio. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 14 March 1864. Citation:
Mounted an artillery horse of the enemy and captured a brass 6-pound piece
in the face of the enemy's fire and brought it to the rear.
Thomas
W Hamiilton
Rank
and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833, Scotland. Accredited
to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Serving as quartermaster
on board the U.S.S. Cincinnati during the attack
on the Vicksburg batteries and at the time of her sinking, 27 May 1863.
Engaging the enemy in a fierce battle, the Cincinnati, amidst an incessant
fire of shot and shell, continued to fire her guns to the last although
so penetrated by enemy shell fire that her fate was sealed. Conspicuously
gallant during this action, Hamilton, severely wounded at the wheel, returned
to his post and had to be sent below, to hear the incessant roar of guns
as the gallant ship went down, "her colors nailed to the mast."
John
Harris
Rank
and organization: Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy. Born: 1839, Scotland.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 17, 15 January 1866. Citation: As captain
of the forecastle on board the U.S.S. Metacomet,
Harris was a member of the boat's crew which went to the rescue of the officers
and crew of the U.S. Monitor Tecumseh, when that vessel was struck by a
torpedo in passing the enemy forts in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864 Harris braved
the enemy fire which was said by the admiral to be "one of the most galling"
he had ever seen, and aided in rescuing from death 10 of the crew of the
Tecumseh, thereby eliciting the admiration of both friend and foe.
Charles
Hawkins
Rank
and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1834, Scotland. Accredited to:
New Hampshire. G.O. No.. 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Hawkins served
on board the U.S.S. Agawam, as one of a volunteer
crew of a powderboat which was exploded near Fort Fisher, 23 December 1864.
The powderboat, towed in by the Wilderness to prevent detection by the enemy,
cast off and slowly steamed to within 300 yards of the beach. After fuses
and fires had been lit and a second anchor with short scope let go to assure
the boat's tailing inshore, the crew again boarded the Wilderness and proceeded
a distance of 12 miles from shore. Less than 2 hours later the explosion
took place, and the following day fires were observed still burning at the
forts.
James
Jardine
Rank
and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 54th Ohio
Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered
service at: Hamilton County, Ohio. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 5 April
1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
Born:
Scotland Captain of the Foretop, USN.. and a volunteer from the Colorado,
McLeod served on board the USS Pensacola during
the attack upon Forts Jackson and St. Philip and the taking of New Orleans,
24 and 25 Apr 1862. Acting as gun captain of the rifled howitzer aft which
was much exposed, he served this piece with great ability and activity,
although no officer superintended it.
John
McDonald
Rank
and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1817, Scotland. Accredited
to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 11 , 3 April 1 863. Citation: Serving on board
the U.S.S. Baron De Kalb, Yazoo River Expedition,
23 to 27 December 1862. Proceeding under orders up the Yazoo River, the
U.S.S. Baron De Kalb, with the object of capturing or destroying the enemy's
transports, came upon the steamers John Walsh, R. J. Locklan, Golden Age,
and the Scotland, sunk on a bar where they were ordered burned. Continuing
up the river, she was fired on but, upon returning the fire, caused the
enemy's retreat. Returning down the Yazoo, she destroyed and captured large
quantities of enemy equipment and several prisoners. Serving bravely throughout
this action, McDonald, as boatswain's mate, "distinguished himself in the
various actions."
Thomas
Meagher
Rank
and organization: First Sergeant, Company G, 158th New
York Infantry. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864.
Entered service at: Brooklyn N.Y. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 6 April
1865. Citation: Led a section of his men on the enemy's works, receiving
a wound while scaling a parapet.
Robert
Reid
Rank
and organization: Private, Company G, 48th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered
service at: Pottsville, Pa. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 1 December 1864.
Citation: Capture of flag of 44th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.) Robert
Reid was born at Raploch near Stirling, Scotland, on January 22, 1842, and
came to Pottsville at the age of twelve. Private, Company G, 48th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Citation: 1 December 1864, for
Capture of flag of 44th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.). Robert A. Reid died
in Pottsville on April 25, 1929, at age 87 and was identified by Pottsville
newspapers as the city's "Grand old man." One of the earliest pupils of
the Bunker Hill School Building, Reid worked as a youth at Benjamin Haywood's
rolling mill at Palo Alto, and was also the superintendent of a large rolling
mill at Danville where he lived for a quarter of a century. He was a member
of the Danville School Board and then lived for several years on a model
farm at Bodines near Williamsport. He also served as a member and secretary
of the Pottsville School Board for nearly two decades. Robert A. Reid enlisted
in April of 1861 in the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company "G," led by
Captain Philip Nagle, a Mexican War Veteran. Reid was discharged with the
rank of Ordinance Sergeant. While at Petersburg, Virginia, on June 17, 1864,
Reid turned his captured 44th Tennessee Regiment Flag over to the 48th Regiment
and Adjutant General Townsend awarded him the Congressional Medal of Honor
in September of 1864. A splendid soldier, Robert Reid was present in every
battle in which his regiment was engaged: Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South
Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, The Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold
Harbor, and the Seige of Petersburg. He entered politics in 1903 with the
nomination of the independent Republicans and Democratic party as a member
of legislature for the Fourth District, but he lost to the regular Republican
candidate. Reid acted as the secretary of the 48th Regiment Survivors Association
for years, and this post was later held by his son, William Reid, until
the unit was disbanded.
Taken
from Schuylkill County Historical Society Page Charles
Robinson
Rank
and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1832 Scotland. Accredited
to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Serving on board the
U.S.S. Baron de Kalb, Yazoo River Expedition, 23
to 27 December 1862. Proceeding under orders up the Yazoo River, the U.S.S.
Baron de Kalb, with the object of capturing or destroying the enemy's transports,
came upon the steamers John Walsh, R. J. Locklan, Golden Age, and the Scotland
sunk on a bar where they were ordered fired. Continuing up the river, she
was fired on by the enemy, but upon returning the fire, caused the rebels
to retreat. Returning down the Yazoo, she destroyed and captured large quantities
of enemy equipment and several prisoners. Serving bravely throughout this
action, Robinson, as boatswain's mate, "d1stinguished himself in the various
actions."
James
Sneddon
Rank
and organization: Musician, Company E, 54th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Place and date: At Piedmont, Va., 5 June 1864. Entered service
at: Johnstown, Pa. Birth: Scotland. Dates of issue: 11 September 1897. Citation:
Left his place in the rear, took the rifle of a disabled soldier, and fought
through the remainder of the action.
Benjamin
Thackrah
Rank
and organization: Private, Company H, 115th New York
Infantry. Place and date: Near Fort Gates, Fla., 1 April 1864. Entered
service at: Johnsonville, N.Y. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 2 May 1890.
Citation: Was a volunteer in the surprise and capture of the enemy's picket.
David
Warren
Rank
and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1836, Scotland. Accredited
to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served as coxswain
on board the U.S.S. Monticello during the reconnaissance of the harbor and
water defenses of Wilmington, N.C., 23 to 25 June 1864. Taking part in a
reconnaissance of enemy defenses which lasted 2 days and nights, Warren
courageously carried out his duties during this action which resulted in
the capture of a mail carrier and mail, the cutting of a telegraph wire,
and the capture of a large group of prisoners. Although in immediate danger
from the enemy, Warren showed gallantry and coolness throughout this action
which resulted in the gaining of much vital information of the rebel defenses.