Civil War
Albert O'Connor
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company A, 7th Wisconsin Infantry
1 April 1865 · Gravelly Run, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Wisconsin
- Action
- Gravelly Run, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
On 31 March 1865, with a comrade, recaptured a Union officer from a detachment of 9 Confederates, capturing 3 of the detachment and dispersing the remainder, and on 1 April 1865, seized a stand of Confederate colors, killing a Confederate officer in a hand_to_hand contest over the colors and retaining the colors until surrounded by Confederates and compelled to relinquish them.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
