Career
He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on May 24, 1864, while serving as a Private with Company B, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, at Ashepoo River, South Carolina. Gifford was born in Dartmouth, Massachusetts on September 18, 1844, and joined the Army in December 1863. He was transferred to the Navy in June 1864, and was discharged with the rank of Ordinary seaman in August 1865.
Gifford died at the age of 59, on January 13, 1904 and was buried at the South Dartmouth Cemetery in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
