| 词条 | John Williams (Medal of Honor, born 1828) |
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|name = John Williams |image = US Navy Medal of Honor (1862 original).png |image_size = 150 |caption = Civil War era Navy Medal of Honor |birth_date = 1828 |birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana |death_date = October 3, 1885 |death_place = Philadelphia Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |placeofburial = Mount Moriah Cemetery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |allegiance = {{flag|United States of America|1861}} Union |branch = {{navy|USA}} Union Navy |serviceyears = |rank = Captain of the maintop |unit = {{USS|Pawnee|1859|6}} {{USS|Ticonderoga|1862|6}} |battles = American Civil War {{*}} Battle of Mathias Point |awards = {{Flagicon image|Medal of Honor ribbon.svg}} Medal of Honor }} John Williams (b. 1828 – d. Oct 3, 1885) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mathias Point. Military serviceWilliams was born in 1828 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He served during the Civil War as a captain of the maintop on {{USS|Pawnee|1859|6}}.[1][2] On June 27, 1861, Williams was among two small boats of men sent from Pawnee to assist {{USS|Thomas Freeborn}} in attacking a Confederate force at Mathias Point on the Potomac River in Virginia. After skirmishers and artillery fire from Thomas Freeborn cleared the point, men from the small boats landed and attempted to build fortifications. However, a strong counter-attack by the Confederates forced the landing party to retreat under heavy fire.[4] In charge of one of the boats, Williams ordered his men to stay near shore until all members of the party were aboard, declaring that "every man must die on his thwart sooner than leave a man behind". Williams was shot in the thigh and the boat's flag had its staff shot away, after which he held the flag up until the boat reached Thomas Freeborn. All members of the landing party were successfully evacuated.[1][2] For this action, Williams was awarded the Medal of Honor nearly two years later on April 3, 1863.[1][2] His was the earliest action for which a Navy Medal of Honor was awarded, but he was not the first to receive the medal. Several Navy men who performed later actions were awarded the medal before him, the first being Robert Williams.[9] John Williams later served on {{USS|Ticonderoga|1862|6}} as part of the European Squadron and was aboard that ship when he received his physical medal.[10] Williams is buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery (Naval Plot) Naval 1, Row 4, Grave 14, Yeadon, PA GPS: 39.93654* N, 075.23911* Medal of Honor citationRank and organization: Captain of the Maintop, U.S. Navy. Accredited to: Louisiana. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Williams's official Medal of Honor citation reads:Serving as captain of the maintop of the U.S.S. Pawnee in the attack upon Mathias Point, 26 June 1861, Williams told his men, while lying off in the boat, that every man must die on his thwart sooner than leave a man behind. Although wounded by a musket ball in the thigh he retained the charge of his boat; and when the staff was shot away, held the stump in his hand, with the flag, until alongside the Freeborn.[2] Notes1. ^1 2 3 {{Hallofvalor|7486|John Williams|accessdate=April 25, 2016}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web | title = Medal of Honor Recipients: Civil War (S–Z) | publisher = United States Army Center of Military History | date = February 25, 2016 | url = http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_sz.html#WILLIAMSJ2 | accessdate = April 25, 2016 }} 3. ^1 {{Cite encyclopedia | last = Soley | first = J. Russell | author-link = James R. Soley | editor-last = Johnson | editor-first = Robert Underwood | editor-link = Robert Underwood Johnson | encyclopedia = Battles and Leaders of the Civil War | title = Early operations on the Potomac River | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=FVps9eRBOLwC&pg=PA143 | access-date = April 25, 2016 | date = 2010 | publisher = Castle Books | volume = 2 | location = New York | isbn = 9780890095706 | page = 143}} 4. ^1 {{Cite book | last = Owens | first = Ron | title = Medal of Honor: Historical Facts and Figures | publisher = Turner Publishing Company | date = 2004 | location = Paducah, Kentucky | pages = 43–4 | isbn = 1563119951 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=s65pmBAUmD4C&pg=PA43 }} 5. ^1 {{Cite web | title = Lost to History | publisher = Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States | url = http://www.mohhsus.com/lost-to-history | accessdate = April 25, 2016 }} References{{reflist|refs=[1][2][3][4][5]}} External links
7 : 1828 births|Year of death unknown|People from New Orleans|People of Louisiana in the American Civil War|Union Navy sailors|United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients|American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor |
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