. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . until late into thenight, he came towards 11 oclock within hailing distance of a Federal gunboat. Itproved to be the Valley Gity. He called for help and collapsed unconscious in theboat. It took some time ere the suspicious crew of the Valley Gity overcame theirdistrust and sent a boat down to the drifting object
. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . until late into thenight, he came towards 11 oclock within hailing distance of a Federal gunboat. Itproved to be the Valley Gity. He called for help and collapsed unconscious in theboat. It took some time ere the suspicious crew of the Valley Gity overcame theirdistrust and sent a boat down to the drifting object. Somebody recognized Gushing,and he was saved. Soon afterwards he was able to make his way back to hisadmirals flagship at Hampton Roads and report the details of his daring achieve-ment. Cushif :^* and Houghton were the only two members of the expedition whoescaped impri; ament or death. Gushing , promoted a lieutenant-commander for this most heroic act. Fromhis men the ilowing, all of picket boat No. 1, were awarded the Medal of Honor:Bernard Hark William Smith, Edward J. Houghton, seamen; Lorenzo Demming,?Henry Wilkes, R. H. King, landsmen; R. Hamilton, coalheaver. These formedthe original crew which had brought the boat frL-n New York. — 77 — THE CAPTURE OF PLYMOUTH. MICHAEL C. HORGAN. Landsman, U. S. S. Tacony. IMMEDIATELY after the destruction of the Confed-erate ram Albemarle in Roanoke River on the27th of October, 1864, Captain Macomb set out tocapture the town of Plymouth, situated a littleover eight miles up the river, and on the 29th,toward noon, he was under way with the wholesquadron. Near the wreck of the Southfield, theFederal gunboat sunk by the Albemarle, the expe-dition found the river so thoroughly obstructed bysunken schooners that farther advance was ren-dered impossible. Macomb turned back, sending one of his shipson a reconnoissance of the Middle River latter being reported free, he started againwith his squadron. During the passage of
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