Charles Bieger

Private · U.S. Army

Company D, 4th Missouri Cavalry

22 February 1864 · Ivy Farm, Mississippi

Branch: U.S. Army
Era: Civil War
Home state: Missouri
Action: Ivy Farm, Mississippi

The citation

Official citation

Voluntarily risked his life by taking a horse, under heavy fire, beyond the line of battle for the rescue of his captain, whose horse had been killed in a charge and who was surrounded by the enemy's skirmishers.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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