The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Assistant Surgeon George E. Ranney, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 14 May 1864, while serving with 2d Michigan Cavalry, in action at Resaca, Georgia. At great personal risk, Assistant Surgeon Ranney went to the aid of a wounded soldier, Private Charles W. Baker, lying under heavy fire between the lines, and with the aid of an orderly carried him to a place of safety.