Civil War
George W. Hooker
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
Company E, 4th Vermont Infantry
14 September 1862 · South Mountain, Maryland
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Massachusetts
- Action
- South Mountain, Maryland
The citation
Official citation
Rode alone, in advance of his regiment, into the enemy's lines, and before his own men came up received the surrender of the major of a Confederate regiment, together with the colors and 116 men.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
