DARROUGH, JOHN S. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company F, 113th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date:   At Eastport, Miss., 10 October 1864.

Entered service at:   Concord, Morgan County, Ill.

Birth:   Kentucky.

Date of issue:   5 February 1895.

Citation:   Saved the life of a captain.

This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)