No verified public-domain photo is on file yet.
Civil War
Henry A. Hammel
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Battery A, 1st Missouri Light Artillery
28-29 April 1863 · Grand Gulf, Mississippi
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Missouri
- Action
- Grand Gulf, Mississippi
The citation
Official citation
With two comrades voluntarily took position on board the steamer Cheeseman, in charge of all the guns and ammunition of the battery, and remained in charge of the same for considerable time while the steamer was unmanageable and subjected to a heavy fire from the enemy.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
