Civil War
Herbert E. Farnsworth
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
10th New York Cavalry
11 June 1864 · Trevilian Station, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Trevilian Station, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Voluntarily carried a message which stopped the firing of a Union battery into his regiment, in which service he crossed a ridge in plain view and swept by the fire of both armies.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
