Eugene B. Beaumont

Major and Assistant Adjutant General · U.S. Army

Cavalry Corps, Army of the Mississippi

17 December 1864 · Harpeth River, Tenn, ; at Selma, Alabama

Branch: U.S. Army
Era: Civil War
Home state: Pennsylvania
Action: Harpeth River, Tenn, ; at Selma, Alabama

The citation

Official citation

Obtained permission from the corps commander to advance upon the enemy's position with the 4th U.S. Cavalry, of which he was a lieutenant; led an attack upon a battery, dispersed the enemy, and captured the guns. At Selma, Ala., charged, at the head of his regiment, into the second and last line of the enemy's works.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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