Entered service at: Brookfield, La Salle County, Ill. Place and date: At Elk River, Tenn., 2 July 1863. Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry. Citation: Capture of flag and its bearer. Place and date: At Back Creek Valley, Va., 31 July 1864. Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 1st Connecticut Cavalry. Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 64th New York Infantry. Citation: Sergeant Marquette, although wounded, was one of the first to plant colors on the enemy's breastworks. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 93d Pennsylvania Infantry. Citation: After having been surrounded by the enemy's cavalry, his support having surrendered, he ordered a charge and saved the section of the battery that was under his command. Place and date: At Grand Coteau, La., 3 November 1863. Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 2d Independent Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery. Citation: Capture of flag of 16th Georgia Infantry (C.S.A.). At Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tenn., 29 November 1863. Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 29th Massachusetts Infantry. Citation: Capture of flag of 8th Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.). Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 2 April 1865. Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 148th New York Infantry. Citation: Capture of flag of 3d Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.). Place and date: At Front Royal, Va., 15 August 1864. Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company B, 4th New York Cavalry. Citation: Capture of flag of 17th Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.). Place and date: At Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tenn., 29 November 1863. Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 29th Massachusetts Infantry. Citation: In a charge, was among the first to reach a battery of the enemy and, with one or two others, mounted the artillery horses and took two guns into the Union lines. Place and date: At Murfreesboro, Tenn., 5 December 1864. Rank and organization: Drummer, Company C, 33d New Jersey Infantry. Place and date: At Waynesboro, Va., 2 March 1865. Sergeant, Company E, 8th New York Cavalry. Stationed in the immediate vicinity of the shell whips, which were twice cleared of men by bursting shells, Madden remained steadfast at his post and performed his duties in the powder division throughout the furious action which resulted in the surrender of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan. Brooklyn during the successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Citation: Assisted a wounded comrade to the riverbank and, under heavy fire of the enemy, swam with him across a branch of the Potomac to the Union lines. Place and date: At Masons Island, Md., 3 September 1861. Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 42d New York Infantry. As enemy shellfire raked the deck of his ship, Corporal Mackie fearlessly maintained his musket fire against the rifle pits along the shore and, when ordered to fill vacancies at guns caused by men wounded and killed in action, manned the weapon with skill and courage. Calena in the attack on Fort Darling at Drewry's Bluff, James River, on. His coolness and determination in courageously standing by his gun while under the fire of the enemy were a credit to the service to which he belonged. Marks and, throughout this fierce engagement, made remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun. Marks, Fla., 5 and 6 March 1865, Mack served with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during the attack on St. Although wounded and sent below for treatment, Mack immediately returned to his post and took charge of his gun and, as heavy enemy return fire continued to fall, performed his duties with skill and courage until he was again wounded and totally disabled. Brooklyn during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Rank and organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Stationed in the immediate vicinity of the shell whips which were twice cleared of men by bursting shells, Machon remained steadfast at his post and performed his duties in the powder division throughout the furious action which resulted in the surrender of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan. Citation: Seized the colors of his regiment at a critical moment and planted them on the captured works on the crest of Missionary Ridge. Place and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, and Adjutant, 24th Wisconsin Infantry. M Lettered Last Names of Individuals Who Received a Citation MacARTHUR, ARTHUR, JR.
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