The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Major John McGreath Farquhar, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 31 December 1862, while serving with 89th Illinois Infantry, in action at Stone River, Tennessee. When a break occurred on the extreme right wing of the Army of the Cumberland, Sergeant Major Farquhar rallied fugitives from other commands, and deployed his own regiment, thereby checking the Confederate advance until a new line was established.