DECEMBER 6TH, 1864: During this action, Quartermaster John Ditzenback, seeing the USS Neosho's ensign shot away by the concentrated Southern fire, coolly left the pilot house, and, despite the deadly shot raking the Neosho's decks, took the flag which was drooping over the wheelhouse and made it fast tp the stump of the highest mast remaining.
For this courageous act Ditzenback was awarded the Medal of Honor.
--Old B-Runner
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