Jeremiah Regan

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Quartermaster Jeremiah Regan, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving as Captain of No. 2 gun on board the U.S.S. Galena in the attack upon Drewry’s Bluff, Virginia, 15 May 1862. With his ship severely damaged by the enemy’s shellfire and several men killed and wounded, Quartermaster Regan continued to man his gun throughout the engagement despite the concentration of fire directed against men at their guns by enemy sharpshooters in rifle pits along the banks.