Photograph associated with Frederick Fuger

Civil War

Frederick Fuger

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Battery A, 4th U.S. Artillery

3 July 1863 · Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Public domain. Harris & Ewing, photographer Source file

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Action
Battle of Gettysburg

The citation

Official citation

All the officers of his battery having been killed or wounded and five of its guns disabled in Pickett's assault, he succeeded to the command and fought the remaining gun with most distinguished gallantry until the battery was ordered withdrawn.

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