Andrew Davidson

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

Company H, 30th U.S. Colored Troops

30 July 1864 · the mine, Petersburg, Virginia

Branch: U.S. Army
Era: Civil War
Home state: New York
Action: the mine, Petersburg, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

One of the first to enter the enemy's works, where, after his colonel, major, and one-third the company officers had fallen, he gallantly assisted in rallying and saving the remnant of the command.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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