Civil War
Edwin Goodrich
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
Company D, 9th New York Cavalry
November 1864 · Cedar Creek, Virginia
CC BY-SA 4.0. Daniel Hass Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Cedar Creek, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
While the command was falling back, he returned, and in the face of the enemy rescued a sergeant from under his fallen horse.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.