Career
He was honored with the award on 16 October 1897. Ferris was born in Springfield, Vermont on 18 November 1841. He joined the 30th Massachusetts Infantry from Lowell, Massachusetts in January 1862, and was commissioned as an officer the following August.
He briefly served as regimental adjutant from February to April 1865, and mustered out with his regiment in December 1865.
Ferris died on 26 February 1907 and his remains are interred at Rockville Cemetery in Rockville, Indiana.