Civil War
Alexander H. Mitchell
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
Company A, 105th Pennsylvania Infantry
12 May 1864 · Spotsylvania, Virginia
Public domain. Beyer, Walter Frederick and Oscar Frederick Keydel. “Deeds of Valor: How America’s Heroes Won the Medal of Honor: Personal Reminiscences and Records of Officers and Enlisted Men Who Were Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for Most Conspicuous Acts of Bravery in Battle Combined with an Abridged History of Our Country’s Wars”, Vol. II: “Another Group of Heroes”, p. 528. Detroit, Michigan: The Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Spotsylvania, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Capture of flag of 18th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.), in a personal encounter with the color bearer.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
