Civil War
Edward A. Holton
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company I, 6th Vermont Infantry
16 April 1862 · Lees Mills, Virginia
Public domain. Vermont Historical Society (Montpelier, VT). Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Vermont
- Action
- Lees Mills, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Rescued the colors of his regiment under heavy fire, the color bearer having been shot down while the troops were in retreat.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
