Civil War
George W. Roosevelt
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company K. 26th Pennsylvania Infantry
30 August 1862 · Bull Run, Va, At Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Public domain. Lew Wallace, et al., authors. J. W. Jones (Springfield, OH), publisher. Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Bull Run, Va, At Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The citation
Official citation
At Bull Run, Va., recaptured the colors, which had been seized by the enemy. At Gettysburg captured a Confederate color bearer and color, in which effort he was severely wounded.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.