Civil War
Hubert Dilger
Captain · U.S. Army
Battery 1, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
2 May 1863 · Chancellorsville, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Chancellorsville, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Fought his guns until the enemy were upon him, then with one gun hauled in the road by hand he formed the rear guard and kept the enemy at bay by the rapidity of his fire and was the last man in the retreat.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
