Civil War
Frederick W. Fout
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
15th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
15 September 1862 · Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Indiana
- Action
- Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Voluntarily gathered the men of the battery together, remanned the guns, which had been ordered abandoned by an officer, opened fire, and kept up the same on the enemy until after the surrender.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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