Civil War
George G. Benedict
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
Company C, 12th Vermont Infantry
3 July 1863 · Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Public domain. George G. Benedict; no photographer credited Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Vermont
- Action
- Battle of Gettysburg
The citation
Official citation
Passed through a murderous fire of grape and canister in delivering orders and re-formed the crowded lines.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
