Noah Henry Ferry (April 30, 1831 – July 3, 1863), was a Major in the Union Army's 5th Michigan Cavalry.

[3] During the Civil War, Noah and a group 102 men (many were his employees) enlisted as the "White River Guard."

Tensions became high, in large part due to constant drunkenness of Colonel Freeman Norvell (the man in charge of The Michigan Cavalry Brigade).

During one of Colonel Norvell drunken tirades, Major Ferry held a gun to his head and demanded he relinquish command of the Brigade.

While waiting for support from Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer's men, Ferry led 200 unmounted cavalrymen into battle, famously saying, "Rally boys, Rally for the fence" shortly before he was shot in the head, dying instantly.

Alger wrote, "Major Ferry, who was cheering his battalion to hold its ground, was instantly killed.

His body was brought back to Grand Haven where it lays in the Ferry plot of the Lake Forest Cemetery.

[2] Though buried in Grand Haven, Ferry has the foremost stone in the Michigan section of the Gettysburg National Cemetery.