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The Medal of Honor was born out of the need to recognize the valor exhibited by soldiers in the Civil War and nowhere were actions of bravery and courage in the war recognized more than at the Battle of Gettysburg. In all, 63 medals were awarded to soldiers for their actions on the battlefield of southern Pennsylvania. Below is a list of those 63 men along with the complete citation which accompanied the award. |
ALLEN, NATHANIEL M.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 1st Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Boston,
Mass. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 29 March 1899. Citation: When
his regiment was falling back, this soldier, bearing the national color,
returned in the face of the enemy's fire, pulled the regimental flag from
under the body of its bearer, who had fallen, saved the flag from capture,
and brought both colors off the field.
BACON, ELIJAH W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 14th Connecticut Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Berlin, Conn.
Birth: Burlington, Conn. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture
of flag of 16th North Carolina regiment (C.S.A.).
BENEDICT, GEORGE G.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company C, 12th Vermont Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Burlington,
Vt. Birth: Burlington, Vt. Date of issue: 27 June 1892. Citation: Passed
through a murderous fire of grape and canister in delivering orders and
re-formed the crowded lines.
BROWN, MORRIS, JR.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company A, 126th New York Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Penn Yan,
N.Y. Born: August 1842, Hammondsport, N.Y. Date of issue: 6 March 1869.
Citation: Capture of flag.
CAREY, HUGH
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 82d New York Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Ireland. Date of issue: 6 February 1888. Citation: Captured the flag of
the 7th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.), being twice wounded in the effort.
CARLISLE, CASPER R.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, Independent Pennsylvania Light
Artillery. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service
at: Allegheny County, Pa. Birth: Allegheny County, Pa. Date of issue: 21
December 1892. Citation: Saved a gun of his battery under heavy musketry
fire, most of the horses being killed and the drivers wounded.
CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA L.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 20th Maine Infantry. Place and date: At
Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Brunswick, Maine. Born:
8 September 1828, Brewer Maine. Date of issue: 11 August 1893. Citation:
Daring heroism and great tenacity in holding his position on the Little
Round Top against repeated assaults, and carrying the advance position on
the Great Round Top.
CLARK, HARRISON
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 125th New York Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Chatham,
N.Y. Birth: Chatham, N.Y. Date of issue: 11 June 1895. Citation: Seized
the colors and advanced with them after the color bearer had been shot.
CLOPP, JOHN E.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 71st Pennsylvania Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia,
Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 2 February 1865. Citation: Capture
of flag of 9th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.), wresting it from the color bearer.
COATES, JEFFERSON
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 7th Wisconsin Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service at: Boscobel,
Wis. Birth: Grant County, Wis. Date of issue: 29 June 1866. Citation: Unsurpassed
courage in battle, where he had both eyes shot out.
DE CASTRO, JOSEPH H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 19th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of
flag of 19th Virginia regiment (C.S.A.).
DORE, GEORGE H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 126th New York Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
England. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: The colors being struck
down by a shell as the enemy were charging, this soldier rushed out and
seized the flag, exposing himself to the fire of both sides.
ENDERLIN, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Musician, Company B, 73d Ohio Infantry. Place and
date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1-3 July 1863. Entered service at: Chillicothe,
Ohio. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 11 September 1897. Citation: Voluntarily
took a rifle and served as a soldier in the ranks during the first and second
days of the battle. Voluntarily and at his own imminent peril went into
the enemy's lines at night and, under a sharp fire, rescued a wounded comrade.
FALLS, BENJAMIN F.
Rank and organization: Color Sergeant, Company A, 19th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Lynn,
Mass. Birth. Portsmouth, N.H. Date of issue. December 1864. Citation: Capture
of flag.
FASSETT, JOHN B.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company F, 23d Pennsylvania Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia,
Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 29 December 1894. Citation:
While acting as an aide, voluntarily led a regiment to the relief of a battery
and recaptured its guns from the enemy.
FLYNN, CHRISTOPHER
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company K, 14th Connecticut Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Sprague,
Conn. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture
of flag of 52d North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.).
FUGER, FREDERICK
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Battery A, 4th U.S. Artillery. Place and
date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Germany. Date of issue: 24 August 1897. Citation: All the officers of his
battery having been killed or wounded and five of its guns disabled in Pickett's
assault, he succeeded to the command and fought the remaining gun with most
distinguished gallantry until the battery was ordered withdrawn.
FURMAN, CHESTER S.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Columbia, Pa. Date of issue: 3 August 1897. Citation: Was 1 of 6 volunteers
who charged upon a log house near Devil's Den, where a squad of the enemy's
sharpshooters were sheltered, and compelled their surrender.
GILLIGAN, EDWARD L.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company E, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia,
Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 30 April 1892. Citation: Assisted
in the capture of a Confederate flag by knocking down the color sergeant.
HART, JOHN W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Cumberland,
Md. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 3 August 1897. Citation: Was one of six
volunteers who charged upon a log house near the Devil's Den, where a squad
of the enemy's sharpshooters were sheltered, and compelled their surrender.
HINCKS, WILLIAM B.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 14th Connecticut Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Bridgeport,
Conn. Birth: Bucksport, Me. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: During
the high water mark of Pickett's Charge on 3 July 1863 the colors of the
14th Tennessee Infantry C.S.A. were planted 50 yards in front of the center of Sgt. Maj. Hincks' regiment. There were no Confederates standing near it but several were lying down around it. Upon a call for volunteers by Major Ellis to capture this flag, this soldier and two others leaped the wall. One companion
was instantly shot. Sgt. Maj. Hincks outran his remaining companion running
straight and swift for the colors amid a storm of shot. Swinging his saber
over the prostrate Confederates and uttering a terrific yell, he seized
the flag and hastily returned to his lines. The 14th Tennessee carried twelve battle honors on its flag. The devotion to duty shown by Sgt. Maj. Hincks gave
encouragement to many of his comrades at a crucial moment of the battle.
HORAN, THOMAS
Rank and organization. Sergeant, Company E, 72d New York Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Dunkirk,
N.Y. Birth:------. Date of issue: 5 April 1898. Citation: In a charge of
his regiment this soldier captured the regimental flag of the 8th Florlda
Infantry (C.S.A.).
HUIDEKOPER, HENRY S.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 150th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia,
Pa. Born: 17 July 1839, Meadville, Pa. Date of issue: 27 May 1905. Citation:
While engaged in repelling an attack of the enemy, received a severe wound
of the right arm, but instead of retiring remained at the front in command
of the regiment.
IRSCH, FRANCIS
Rank and organization: Captain, Company D, 45th New York Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service at: New York,
N.Y. Birth:------. Date of issue: 27 May 1892. Citation: Gallantry in flanking
the enemy and capturing a number of prisoners and in holding a part of the
town against heavy odds while the Army was rallying on Cemetery Hill.
JELLISON, BENJAMIN H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 19th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Newburyport,
Mass. Birth: Newburyport, Mass. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation:
Capture of flag of 57th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.). He also assisted in
taking prisoners.
JOHNSON, WALLACE W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Waverly,
N.Y. Birth: Newfield, N.Y. Date of issue: 8 August 1900. Citation: With
five other volunteers gallantly charged on a number of the enemy's sharpshooters
concealed in a log house, captured them, and brought them into the Union
lines.
KNOX, EDWARD M.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 15th New York Battery. Place and
date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: New York, N.Y.
Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 18 October 1892. Citation: Held his
ground with the battery after the other batteries had fallen back until
compelled to draw his piece off by hand; he was severely wounded.
LONERGAN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Captain, Company A, 13th Vermont Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Burlington,
Vt. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 28 October 1893. Citation: Gallantry
in the recapture of 4 guns and the capture of 2 additional guns from the
enemy; also the capture of a number of prisoners.
MAYBERRY, JOHN B.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 1st Delaware Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Kent County,
Del. Birth: Smyrna, Del. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture
of flag.
McCARREN, BERNARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 1st Delaware Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Wilmington,
Del. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of
flag.
MEARS, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Bloomsburgh,
Pa. Birth: Bloomsburgh, Pa. Date of issue: 16 February 1897. Citation: With
five volunteers he gallantly charged on a number of the enemy's sharpshooters
concealed in a log house, captured them, and brought them into the Union
lines.
MILLER, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 8th Ohio Infantry. Place and
date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Freemont, Sandusky
County, Ohio. Birth: Germany. Date of issue. 1 December 1864. Citation:
Capture of 2 flags.
MILLER, WILLIAM E.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company H, 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: ------. Born:
5 February 1836, West Hill, Pa. Date of issue 21 July 1897. Citation: Without
orders, led a charge of his squadron upon the flank of the enemy, checked
his attack, and cut off and dispersed the rear of his column.
MUNSELL, HARVEY M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 99th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1-3 July 1863. Entered service at: Venango
County, Pa. Birth: Steuben County, N.Y. Date of issue: 5 February 1866.
Citation: Gallant and courageous conduct as color bearer. (This noncommissioned
officer carried the colors of his regiment through 13 engagements.)
O'BRIEN, HENRY D.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 1st Minnesota Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: St. Anthony
Falls, Minn. Birth: Maine. Date of issue: 9 April 1890. Citation: Taking
up the colors where they had fallen, he rushed ahead of his regiment, close
to the muzzles of the enemy's guns, and engaged in the desperate struggle
in which the enemy was defeated, and though severely wounded, he held the
colors until wounded a second time.
PIPES, JAMES
Rank and organization: Captain, Company A, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863; At Reams Station, Va.,
25 August 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Green County, Pa. Date
of issue: 5 April 1898. Citation: While a sergeant and retiring with his
company before the rapid advance of the enemy at Gettysburg, he and a companion
stopped and carried to a place of safety a wounded and helpless comrade;
in this act both he and his companion were severely wounded. A year later,
at Reams Station, Va., while commanding a skirmish line, voluntarily assisted
in checking a flank movement of the enemy, and while so doing was severely
wounded, suffering the loss of an arm.
PLATT, GEORGE C.
Rank & organization: Private, Company H, 6th United States Cavalry. Place and date: At Fairfield, Pa. 3 July 1863. Entered service at: --------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 12 July, 1895. Citation: Seized the regimental flag upon the death of the standard bearer in a hand-to-hand fight and prevented it from falling into the hands of the enemy. Platt, "tore the color from the staff, placed it in his bosom... rammed the staff through the first enemy that came before him, and then cut his way through the ranks of the enemy."
POSTLES, JAMES PARKE
Rank and organization: Captain, Company A, 1st Delaware Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Wilmington,
Del. Born: 28 September 1840, Camden, Del. Date of issue: 22 July 1892.
Citation: Voluntarily delivered an order in the face of heavy fire of the
enemy.
PURMAN, JAMES J.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company A, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Greene
County, Pa. Birth: ------. Dare of issue: 30 October 1896. Citation: Voluntarily
assisted a wounded comrade to a place of apparent safety while the enemy
were in close proximity; he received the fire of the enemy and a wound which
resulted in the amputation of his left leg.
RAYMOND, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 108th New York Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Penfield,
N.Y. Birth: Penfield, N.Y. Date of issue: 10 March 1896 Citation: Voluntarily
and under a severe fire brought a box of ammunition to his comrades on the
skirmish line.
REED, CHARLES W.
Rank and organization: Bugler, 9th Independent Battery, Massachusetts Light
Artillery. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Charlestown, Mass. Date of issue: 16 August 1895. Citation:
Rescued his wounded captain from between the lines.
REISINGER, J. MONROE
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 150th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service at: Meadville,
Pa. Birth: Beaver County, Pa. Date of issue: Unknown. Citation: Specially
brave and meritorious conduct in the face of the enemy. Awarded under Act
of Congress, January 25, 1907.
RICE, EDMUND
Rank and organization: Major, 19th Massachusetts Infantry. Place and date:
At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Boston, Mass. Birth:
Brighton, Mass. Date of issue: 6 October 1891. Citation: Conspicuous bravery
on the third day of the battle on the countercharge against Pickett's division
where he fell severely wounded within the enemy's lines.
RICHMOND, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 8th Ohio Infantry. Place and
date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Toledo Ohio.
Birth: Maine. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
ROBINSON, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 19th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Roxbury,
Mass. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture
of flag of 57th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
ROOD, OLIVER P.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 20th Indiana Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Terre Haute,
Vigo County, Ind. Birth: Frankfort County, Ky. Date of issue: 1 December
1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 21st North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.).
ROOSEVELT, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company K. 26th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Bull Run, Va., 30 August 1862. At Gettysburg, Pa., 2
July 1863. Entered service at: Chester Pa. Birth: Chester, Pa. Date of issue:
2 July 1887. Citation: At Bull Run, Va., recaptured the colors, which had
been seized by the enemy. At Gettysburg, he captured a Confederate color bearer
and colors, in which effort he was severely wounded.
ROUSH, J. LEVI
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Bedford County, Pa. Date of issue: 3 August 1897. Citation: Was 1 of 6 volunteers
who charged upon a log house near the Devil's Den, where a squad of the
enemy's sharpshooters were sheltered, and compelled their surrender.
RUTTER, JAMES M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 143d Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Date of issue: 30 October 1896. Citation: At great
risk of his life went to the assistance of a wounded comrade, and while
under fire removed him to a place of safety.
SCHWENK, MARTIN
Rank & organization: Private, Company B, 6th United States Cavalry. Place and date: At Fairfield, Pa. 3 July 1863. Entered service at: --------. Birth: Dresden, Germany. Date of issue: 23 April 1889. Citation: For bravery displayed on the field of battle in an attempt to carry a communication through the enemy's lines, and for the rescue of a wounded officer of the 6th United States Cavalry from the hands of the enemy.
SELLERS, ALFRED J.
Rank and organization: Major, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date:
At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service at: Pennsylvania. Born:
2 March 1836, Plumsteadville, Bucks County, Pa. Date of issue: 21 July 1894.
Citation: Voluntarily led the regiment under a withering fire to a position
from which the enemy was repulsed.
SHERMAN, MARSHALL
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 1st Minnesota Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at. St. Paul,
Minn. Birth: Burlington, Vt. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture
of flag of 28th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
SICKLES, DANIEL E.
Rank and organization: Major General, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At
Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth:
New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 30 October 1897. Citation: Displayed most
conspicuous gallantry on the field vigorously contesting the advance of
the enemy and continuing to encourage his troops after being himself severely
wounded.
SMITH, THADDEUS S.
Rank and organization. Corporal, Company E, 6th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry.
Place and date. At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Franklin County, Pa. Date of issue: 5 May 1900. Citation: Was 1 of
6 volunteers who charged upon a log house near the Devil's Den, where a
squad of the enemy's sharpshooters were sheltered, and compelled their surrender.
STACEY, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 55th Ohio Infantry. Place and
date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
England. Date of issue: 23 June 1896. Citation: Voluntarily took an advanced
position on the skirmish line for the purpose of ascertaining the location
of Confederate sharpshooters, and under heavy fire held the position thus
taken until the company of which he was a member went back to the main line.
THOMPSON, JAMES B.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 1st Pennsylvania Rifles. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Perrysville,
Pa. Birth: Juniata County, Pa. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation:
Capture of flag of 15th Georgia Infantry (C.S.A.).
TOZIER, ANDREW J.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 20th Maine Infantry. Place and
date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Plymouth, Maine.
Birth: Monmouth, Maine. Date of issue: 13 August 1898. Citation: At the
crisis of the engagement this soldier, a color bearer, stood alone in an
advanced position, the regiment having been borne back, and defended his
colors with musket and ammunition picked up at his feet.
VEAZEY, WHEELOCK G.
Rank and organization: Colonel, 16th Vermont Infantry. Place and date: At
Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Springfield, Vt. Born:
5 December 1835, Brentwood, N.H. Date of issue: 8 September 1891. Citation:
Rapidly assembled his regiment and charged the enemy's flank; changed front
under heavy fire, and charged and destroyed a Confederate brigade, all this
with new troops in their first battle.
WALL, JERRY
Rank and organization. Private, Company B, 126th New York Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Milo, N.Y.
Birth: Geneva, N.Y. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of
flag.
WALLER, FRANCIS A.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 6th Wisconsin Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service at: DeSoto, Vernon
County, Wis. Birth: Gurney, Ohio. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation:
Capture of flag of 2d Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.).
WEBB, ALEXANDER S.
Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date:
At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Born:
15 February 1835, New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 28 September 1891. Citation:
Distinguished personal gallantry in leading his men forward at a critical
period in the contest.
WELLS, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Major, 1st Vermont Cavalry. Place and date: At Gettysburg,
Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Waterbury, Vt. Born: 14 December 1837,
Waterbury, Vt. Date of issue: 8 September 1891. Citation: Led the second
battalion of his regiment in a daring charge.
WILEY, JAMES
Rank and organization. Sergeant, Company B, 59th New York Infantry. Place
and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Ohio. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of a Georgia
regiment.
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OTHERS OF INTEREST TO GETTYSBURG:
AMES, ADELBERT (Brigade commander in 11th Corps)
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 5th U.S. Artillery. Place and date:
At Bull Run, Va., 21 July 1861. Entered service at: Rockland, Maine. Birth:
East Thomaston, Maine. Date of issue: 22 June 1894. Citation: remained upon
the field in command of a section of Griffin's Battery, directing its fire
after being severely wounded and refusing to leave the field until too weak
to sit upon the caisson where he had been placed by men of his command.
HOWARD, OLIVER O. (Commander of the 11th Corps)
Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date:
At Fair Oaks, Va., 1 June 1862. Entered service at: Maine. Born: 8 November
1830, Leeds, Maine. Date of issue: 29 March 1893. Citation: Led the 61st
New York Infantry in a charge in which he was twice severely wounded in
the right arm, necessitating amputation.
ROBINSON, JOHN C. (Division commander in 1st Corps)
Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date:
At Laurel Hill, Va., 8 May 1864. Entered service at: Binghamton, N.Y. Birth:
Binghamton, N.Y. Date of issue: 28 March 1894. Citation: Placed himself
at the head of the leading brigade in a charge upon the enemy's breastworks;
was severely wounded.
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