Civil War
Edmund Rice
Major · U.S. Army
19th Massachusetts Infantry
3 July 1863 · Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Public domain. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Massachusetts
- Action
- Battle of Gettysburg
The citation
Official citation
Conspicuous bravery on the third day of the battle on the countercharge against Pickett's division where he fell severely wounded within the enemy's lines.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
