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

Medal of Honor

to

 

EVATT (LOW), GEORGE L.

Rank and Organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1847, Canada. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884.

Citation:

For jumping overboard from the U.S.S. Tennessee at New Orleans, La., 15 February 1881, and sustaining, until picked up by a boat's crew, N. P. Petersen, gunner's mate, who had fallen overboard.

 

 

 

 

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