Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 10th New York Cavalry. Place and date: At Trevilian Station, Va., 11 June 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Date of issue: 1 April 1898. Citation: Voluntarily carried a message which stopped the firing of a Union battery into his regiment, in which service he crossed a ridge in plain view and swept by the fire of both armies.
LYMAN, JOEL H.
Rank and organization: Quartermaster Sergeant, Company B, 9th New York
Cavalry. Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered
service at: East Randolph, N.Y. Birth: Cattaraugus, N.Y. Date of issue:
20 August 1894. Citation: In an attempt to capture a Confederate flag he
captured one of the enemy's officers and brought him within the lines.
MARSH, ALBERT
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 64th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: Randolph, N.Y. Birth: Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
McKAY, CHARLES W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 154th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Dug Gap, Ga., 8 May 1864. Entered service at: Allegheny, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Birth: Mansfield, N.Y. Date of issue: 13 April 1894. Citation: Voluntarily risked his life in rescuing under the fire of the enemy a wounded comrade who was Iying between the lines.
OVIATT, MILES M.
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1841, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y. 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 the
deck, Cpl. Oviatt fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the furious
2_hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee.
PACKARD, LORON F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 5th New York Cavalry. Place and date: At Raccoon Ford, Va., 27 November 1863. Entered service at. Cuba, N.Y. Birth. Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Date of issue. 20 August 1894. Citation. After his command had retreated, this soldier, voluntarily and alone, returned to the assistance of a comrade and rescued him from the hands of 3 armed Confederates.
WELCH, STEPHEN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 154th New York Infantry. Place
and date: At Dug Gap, Ga., 8 May 1864. Entered service at: Allegany, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y. Birth: Groton, N.Y. Date of issue: 13 April 1894. Citation:
Risked his life in rescuing a wounded comrade under fire of the enemy.