Interim Awards of Medal of Honor, 1866 to 1870, Louisiana
File submitted by Donald W. Johnson (DW9JOHNSON@aol.com)

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INTERIM AWARDS OF MEDAL OF HONOR 1866-1870

GREELY, ADOLPHUS W.

Rank and organization: Major General, U.S. Army, retired. Place and date:
----. Entered service at: Louisiana. Born: 27 March 1844, Newburyport, Mass.
G.O. No.: 3, W.D., 1935. Act of Congress, 21 March 1935. Citation: For his
life of splendid public service, begun on 27 March 1844, having enlisted as a
private in the U.S. Army on 26 July 1861, and by successive promotions was
commissioned as major general 10 February 1906, and retired by operation of
law on his 64th birthday.


OSBORNE, JOHN

Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1844, New Orleans, La.
Accredited to: Louisiana. G.O. No.: 218, 24 August 1876. Citation: Serving on
board the U.S.S. Juniata, Osborne displayed gallant conduct in rescuing from
drowning an enlisted boy of that vessel, at Philadelphia, Pa., 21 August 1876.

RYAN, THOMAS JOHN

Rank and organization: Ensign, U.S. Navy. Place and date: Yokohama, Japan, 1
September 1923. Entered service at: Louisiana. Born: 5 August 1901, New
Orleans, La. Citation: For heroism in effecting the rescue of a woman from the
burning Grand Hotel, Yokohama, Japan, on 1 September 1923. Following the
earthquake and fire which occurred in Yokohama on 1 September, Ens. Ryan, with
complete disregard for his own life, extricated a woman from the Grand Hotel,
thus saving her life. His heroic conduct upon this occasion reflects the
greatest credit on himself and on the U.S. Navy, of which he is a part. (Medal
presented by President Coolidge at the White House on 15 March 1924.)


WEISBOGEL, ALBERT

Rank and organization: Captain of the Mizzen Top, U.S. Navy. Born: 1844, New
Orleans, La. Accredited to: Louisiana. G.O. No.: 207, 23 March 1876; 212, 9
June 1876. Second award. Citation: For gallant conduct in jumping overboard
from the U.S.S. Benicia, at sea, and rescuing from drowning one of the crew of
that vessel on 11 January 1874.