John Taylor

Seaman · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy. Biography not available

9 September 1865 · Place not recorded

Branch: U.S. Navy
Era: Civil War
Action: John Taylor, 9 September 1865

The citation

Official citation

Seaman in charge of the picket boat attached to the Navy Yard, New York, 9 September 1865. Acting with promptness, coolness and good judgment, Taylor rescued from drowning Commander S. D. Trenchard, of the U.S. Navy, who fell overboard in attempting to get on a ferryboat, which had collided with an English steamer, and needed immediate assistance.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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