Civil War
Frederick Phisterer
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
18th U.S. Infantry
31 December 1862 · Stone River, Tennessee
Public domain. Frederick Phisterer (1836-1909), author. J. B. Lyon Company (Albany, NY), publisher. Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Ohio
- Action
- Stone River, Tennessee
The citation
Official citation
Voluntarily conveyed, under a heavy fire, information to the commander of a battalion of regular troops by which the battalion was saved from capture or annihilation.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
