Charles Gidding

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Seaman Charles Gidding, United States Navy, for gallant and heroic conduct while serving on board the U.S.S. Plymouth, Seaman Gidding showed heroic conduct in trying to save the life of one of the crew of that ship, who had fallen overboard from aloft at the Navy Yard, New York, 26 July 1876.