Civil War
John F. Chase
Private · U.S. Army
5th Battery, Maine Light Artillery
3 May 1863 · Chancellorsville, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Maine
- Action
- Chancellorsville, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Nearly all the officers and men of the battery having been killed or wounded, this soldier with a comrade continued to fire his gun after the guns had ceased. The piece was then dragged off by the two, the horses having been shot, and its capture by the enemy was prevented.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
