Civil War
John C. Hunterson
Private · U.S. Army
Company B, 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry
5 June 1862 · the Peninsula, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- the Peninsula, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
While under fire, between the lines of the 2 armies, voluntarily gave up his own horse to an engineer officer whom he was accompanying on a reconnaissance and whose horse had been killed, thus enabling the officer to escape with valuable papers in his possession.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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