The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

 

McGOUGH, OWEN

Rank and Organization: Corporal, Battery D, 5th U.S. Artillery. Place and Date: At Bull Run, Va., 21 July 1861. Birth: Ireland. Date Of Issue: 28 August 1897.

Citation:

Through his personal exertions under a heavy fire, one of the guns of his battery was brought off the field; all the other guns were lost.