The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Boy Thomas S. Flood, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving on board the U.S.S. Pensacola in the attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana, and at the taking of new Orleans, 24 and 25 April 1862. Swept from the bridge by a shell which wounded the Signal Quartermaster, Navy Boy Thomas Flood returned to the bridge after assisting the wounded man below and taking over his duties, performed them with coolness, exactitude and the fidelity of a veteran Seaman. His intelligence and character cannot be spoken of too warmly.