The Medal of Honor at Gettysburg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gindlesperger, James.

Series:

Military

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2023.

Summary:

Above and Beyond the Call of Duty In early summer, 1863 Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia began moving northward. As Lee moved toward Maryland, the Union army followed, taking a parallel path on the opposite side of the Blue Ridge Mountains. From June 9 to the beginning of July the two armies skirmished at various locations along the route. Then, from July 1 through July 3, they clashed in the epic Battle of Gettysburg. Throughout the Gettysburg Campaign, seventy-two men earned the Medal of Honor, the highest honor in the American military. Discover the harrowing narratives of those who served to keep a nation united with the highest valor. Including the story of the unknown soldiers awarded the medal, these profiles showcase some of the most intense moments of the most important battle in the Civil War. Author James Gindlesperger presents the Medal of Honor at Gettysburg.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART I: HISTORY OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR

PART II: PRE-BATTLE, JUNE 1863

James Robinson Durham, Second Lieutenant, 12th West Virginia Infantry

John Thomas Patterson, Principal Musician, 122nd Ohio Infantry

Elbridge Robinson, Private, 122nd Ohio Infantry

Nathan Mullock Hallock, Private, 124th New York Infantry

Luigi Palma di Cesnola, Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General, 4th New York Cavalry

Thomas M. Burke, Private, 5th New York Cavalry

PART III: THE FIRST DAY OF BATTLE, JULY 1, 1863

Jefferson Coates, Sergeant, 7th Wisconsin Infantry

Edward Lyons Gilligan, First Sergeant, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry

Henry Shippen Huidekoper, Lieutenant Colonel, 150th Pennsylvania Infantry

Francis Irsch, Captain, 45th New York Infantry

James Monroe Reisinger, Corporal, 150th Pennsylvania Infantry

James May Rutter, Sergeant, 143rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Alfred Jacob Sellers, Major, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry

Francis Ashbury Waller, Corporal, 6th Wisconsin Infantry

PART IV: THE SECOND DAY OF BATTLE, JULY 2, 1863

Nathaniel M. Allen, Corporal, 1st Massachusetts Infantry

John Barclay Fassett, Captain, 23rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Charles Stacey, Private, 55th Ohio Infantry

George Washington Mears, Sergeant, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves

Wallace W. Johnson, Sergeant, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves

Chester S. Furman, Corporal, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves

John William Hart, Sergeant, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves

James Levi Roush, Corporal, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves

Thaddeus Stevens Smith, Corporal, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves

Thomas Horan, Sergeant, 72nd New York Infantry

Richard Enderlin, Musician, 73rd Ohio Infantry

Joshua Chamberlain, Colonel, 20th Maine Infantry

Andrew Jackson Tozier, Sergeant, 20th Maine Infantry.

Edward M. Knox, Second Lieutenant, 15th Battery, New York Light Artillery

Harrison Clark, Corporal, 125th New York Infantry

Casper R. Carlisle, Private, Battery F, Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery

Charles Wellington Reed, Bugler, 9th Independent Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery

James Jackson Purman, First Lieutenant, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry

James Milton Pipes, Captain, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry

James Parke Postles, Captain, 1st Delaware Infantry

Daniel Sickles, Major General, Third Corps

John Lonergan, Captain, 13th Vermont Infantry

George Washington Roosevelt, First Sergeant, 26th Pennsylvania Infantry

PART V: THE THIRD DAY OF BATTLE, JULY 3, 1863

Hugh Carey, Sergeant, 82nd New York Infantry

Frederick Fuger, First Sergeant, 4th United States Light Artillery

Christopher Flynn, Corporal, 14th Connecticut Infantry

Elijah William Bacon, Private, 14th Connecticut Infantry

William B. Hincks, Sergeant Major, 14th Connecticut Infantry

Henry D. O'Brien, Corporal, 1st Minnesota Infantry

John H. Robinson, Private, 19th Massachusetts Infantry

Joseph H. DeCastro, Corporal, 19th Massachusetts Infantry

Benjamin H. Jellison, Sergeant, 19th Massachusetts Infantry

Benjamin Franklin Falls, Color Sergeant, 19th Massachusetts Infantry

William E. Miller, Captain, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry

John B. Mayberry, Private, 1st Delaware Infantry

Bernard McCarren, Private, 1st Delaware Infantry

William H. Raymond, Corporal, 108th New York Infantry

Alexander Stewart Webb, Brigadier General, Philadelphia Brigade

James Wiley, Sergeant, 59th New York Infantry

George H. Dore, Sergeant, 126th New York Infantry

Jerry Wall, Private, 126th New York Infantry

Morris Brown Jr., Captain, 126th New York Infantry

Wheelock Graves Veazey, Colonel, 16th Vermont Infantry.

Marshall Sherman, Private, 1st Minnesota Infantry

William Wells, Major, 1st Vermont Cavalry

John E. Clopp, Private, 71st Pennsylvania Infantry

George Greenville (Grenville) Benedict, Second Lieutenant, 12th Vermont Infantry

Oliver P. Rood, Private, 20th Indiana Infantry

John G. Miller, Corporal, 8th Ohio Infantry

James Richmond, Private, 8th Ohio Infantry

Edmund Rice, Major, 19th Massachusetts Infantry

Alonzo Cushing, First Lieutenant, 4th U.S. Light Artillery

James B. Thompson, Sergeant, 1st Pennsylvania Rifles

Harvey May Munsell, Sergeant, 99th Pennsylvania Infantry

George Crawford Platt, Private, 6th U.S. Cavalry

Martin Schwenk, Sergeant, 6th U.S. Cavalry

PART VI: POST-BATTLE, JULY 1863

Charles Capehart, Major, 1st West Virginia Cavalry

Charles Maynard (Myron) Holton, First Sergeant, 7th Michigan Cavalry

Appendix A: Why Medals of Honor Were Awarded for Capturing a Flag

Appendix B: Criteria for Earning the Medal of Honor

Appendix C: Medals of Honor Awarded by State in the Gettysburg Campaign

Works Cited

About the Author.

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ISBN:

9781439679623

1439679622

OCLC:

1417195249