Daniel T. Ferrier

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Company K, 2d Indiana Cavalry

9 May 1864 · Varnells Station, Georgia

Branch: U.S. Army
Era: Civil War
Home state: Indiana
Action: Varnells Station, Georgia

The citation

Official citation

While his regiment was retreating, voluntarily gave up his horse to his brigade commander who had been unhorsed and was in danger of capture, thereby enabling him to rejoin and rally the disorganized troops. Sergeant. Ferrier himself was captured and confined in Confederate prisons, from which he escaped and, after great hardship, rejoined the Union lines.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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