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Civil War
Eri D. Woodbury
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company E, 1st Vermont Cavalry
19 October 1864 · Cedar Creek, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Vermont
- Action
- Cedar Creek, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
During the regiment's charge when the enemy was in retreat Sergeant. Woodbury encountered 4 Confederate infantrymen retreating. He drew his saber and ordered them to surrender, overcoming by his determined actions their willingness to further resist. They surrendered to him together with their rifles and 12th North Carolina (C.S.A.) regimental flag.
