Civil War
Horace Porter
Captain · U.S. Army
Ordnance Department, U.S. Army
20 September 1863 · Chickamauga, Georgia
Public domain. The U.S. National Archives Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Chickamauga, Georgia
The citation
Official citation
While acting as a volunteer aide, at a critical moment when the lines were broken, rallied enough fugitives to hold the ground under heavy fire long enough to effect the escape of wagon trains and batteries.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
