| 词条 | John McGowan (Medal of Honor) |
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|name = John McGowan |image = |caption = |birth_date = 1831 |death_date = |birth_place = Ireland |death_place = |placeofburial = |placeofburial_label = Place of burial |placeofburial_coordinates = |allegiance = United States |branch = United States Navy |serviceyears = |rank = Quartermaster |unit = {{USS|Varuna|1861|6}} |battles = American Civil War {{*}} Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip |awards = Medal of Honor }} John McGowan (born 1831, date of death unknown) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. BiographyBorn in 1831 in Ireland, McGowan immigrated to the United States and was living in New York when he joined the U.S. Navy. He served during the Civil War as a quartermaster on the {{USS|Varuna|1861|6}}. At the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip near New Orleans on April 24, 1862, Varuna was rammed twice by the Confederate steamer {{Ship|CSS|Governor Moore}} (formerly known as the Charles Morgan) and eventually sunk. McGowan was stationed at the ship's wheel and showed "the greatest courage and skill" throughout the close-range fight. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor a year later, on April 3, 1863.[2] McGowan's official Medal of Honor citation reads: McGowan occupied one of the most responsible positions on the U.S.S. Varuna during the attacks on Forts Jackson and St. Philip and in action against the rebel ship Morgan on 24 April 1862. Although guns were raking the decks from behind him, McGowan remained steadfast at the wheel throughout the thickest of the fight, continuing at his station and rendering service with the greatest courage and skill until his ship, repeatedly holed and twice rammed by the enemy, was beached and sunk.[2] See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Army|American Civil War}}
References1. ^1 2 {{Cite web |title=Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients (M–Z) |work=Medal of Honor Citations |publisher=United States Army Center of Military History |date=June 26, 2011 |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html |accessdate=December 10, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223063700/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html |archivedate=February 23, 2009 |df= }} [1]}}{{DEFAULTSORT:McGowan, John}} 9 : 1831 births|Year of death unknown|Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)|Irish sailors in the United States Navy|People of New York (state) in the American Civil War|Union Navy sailors|Irish-born Medal of Honor recipients|United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients|American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor |
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