Ingalls, Lewis J.
- Place of Birth:
- Boston
- State of Birth:
- MA
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- 8th Vermont Infantry
- Company:
- K
- Citation Place:
- Boutte Station
- Citation State:
- LA
- Citation Date:
- LA
- Citation:
- A railroad train guarded by about 60 men on flat cars having been sidetracked by a misplaced switch into an ambuscade of guerrillas who were rapidly shooting down the unprotected guards, this soldier, under a severe fire in which he was wounded, ran to another switch and, opening it, enabled the train and the surviving guards to escape.
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- Entry State:
- Date Issued:
- 20 Oct. 1899