John S. Darrough
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Died when: 79 years 130 days (952 months)Star Sign: Aries
John Samuel Darrough (April 6, 1841 – August 14, 1920) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during a skirmish near Eastport, Mississippi.
Born in Kentucky, Darrough moved to Illinois as a child and enlisted in the Union Army from that state.While participating in a mission to destroy a Confederate railway, Darrough and others were stranded on the shore of the Tennessee River under intense enemy fire.
Although he had found a canoe with which to cross the river safely, he voluntarily returned to the Confederate-held shore to rescue a fellow soldier who was in danger of drowning.
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