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1021 Series I Volume XXXVI-I Serial 67 - Wilderness-Cold Harbor Part I

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Medals of Honor awarded for distinguished services, &c.- Continued.

Name. Rank and Date. Awarded for.

organization

Marsh, Sergeant, Company B, May 12, Capture of flag at

Albert. 64th New York 1864. Spotsylvania, Va.

Infantry.

Mitchell, Captain Company A, May 12, Capture of flag of

Alexander 105th Pennsylvania 1864. 18th North Carolina

Infantry at Spotsylvania,

Va.

Morgan, Private, Company I, May 12, Do.

Lewis 4th Ohio Infantry 1864.

Morse, Color-sergeant, 62nd May 5, Bravery in action

Charles E. New York Infantry 1864 at the Wilderness,

Va.

Opel, John Private, Company G, May 5, Capture of flag of

N. 7th Indiana 1864. the 50th Virginia

Infantry. at the Wilderness,

Va.

Preston, Captain, Company A, June Bravery in action

Noble D. 10th New York 11, at Trevilian

Cavalry, 1864. Station, Va.

Robinson, Private, Company H, May 12, Capture of flag at

Thomas 81st Pennsylvania 1864. Spotsylvania, Va.

Infantry.

Rought, Sergeant, Company A, May 6, Capture of flag of

Stephen. 141st Pennsylvania 1864. the 13th North

Infantry Carolina at the

Wilderness, Va.

Rounds, Private, Company D, May 12, Capture of flag at

Lewis 8th Ohio Infantry. 1864 Spotsylvania, Va.

Russell, Corporal, Company H, May 12, Capture of flag of

Charles L. 93rd New York 1864. the 42nd Virginia

Infantry at Spotsylvania,

Va.

Schlachter Private, Company F, May 12, Capture of flag of

Philip. 73rd New York 1864. the 15th Louisiana

Infantry at Spotsylvania,

Va.

Thompson, Sergeant, Company G, May 6, Capture of flag of

William P. 20th Indiana 1864. the 55th Virginia

Infantry. at the Wilderness,

Va.

Weeks, Private, Company H, May 12, Capture of flag and

John H. 152nd New York 1864. color bearer at

Infantry. Spotsylvania, Va.

Westerhold Sergeant, Company G, May 12, Capture of flag of

William 52nd New York 1864. the 23rd Virginia

Infantry at Spotsylvania,

Va.

Whitman, Private, Company G, Septemb Distinguished

Frank M. 35th Massachusetts er, services in action

Infantry. 1862, at Antietam, Md.,

and and Spotsylvania,

May, Va.

1864.


Numbers 272. Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army, early in May, 1864.*

FIRST ARMY CORPS.

Lieutenant General JAMES LONGSTREET.

KERSHAW'S DIVISION.

Brigadier General JOSEPH B. KERSHAW.

Kershaw's Brigade.

Colonel JOHN W. HENAGAN.

2nd South Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Gaillard.

3rd South Carolina, Colonel James D. Nance.

7th South Carolina, Captain James Mitchell

8th South Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel Eli T. Stackhouse.

15th South Carolina, Colonel John B. Davis.

3rd South Carolina Battalion, Captain B. M. Whitener.

Wofford's Brigade.

Brigadier General WILLIAM T. WOFFORD.

16th Georgia,

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18th Georgia,

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24th Georgia,

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Cobb's (Georgia) Legion,

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Phillips (Georgia) Legion,

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3rd Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters.

Humphreys' Brigade.

Brigadier General BENJAMIN G. HUMPHREYS.

13th Mississippi, Major George L. Donald.

17th Mississippi,

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18th Mississippi, Captain William H. Lewis.

21st Mississippi, Colonel D. N. Moody.

Bryan's Brigade.

Brigadier General GOODE BRYAN.

10th Georgia, Colonel Willis C. Holt.

50th Georgia, Colonel Peter McGlashan.

51st Georgia, Colonel Edward Ball.

53rd Georgia, Colonel James P. Simms.

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*About the time of the beginning of hostilities in Wilderness.

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