Civil War
Archibald H. Rowand Jr.
Private · U.S. Army
Company K, 1st West Virginia Cavalry
Winter of 1864_65. · Place not recorded
Public domain. “The Story of American Heroism: Thrilling Narratives of Personal Adventures During the Great Civil War as Told by the Medal Winners and Roll of Honor Men", p. 426. Springfield, Ohio: J.W. Jones, 1897. URL: https://archive.org/details/storyo. Wikimedia Commons. Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Archibald H. Rowand Jr., Winter of 1864_65.
The citation
Official citation
Was 1 of 2 men who succeeded in getting through the enemy's lines with dispatches to Gen. Grant.