Civil War
John H. Haight
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company G, 72d New York Infantry
29-30 August 1862 · Williamsburg, Virginia
Public domain. Beyer, W. F. and O. F. Keydel. “Deeds of Valor from Records in the Archives of the United States Government: How American Heroes Won the Medal of Honor”, Vol. I: “Three Deeds of Valor”, p. 28. Detroit, Michigan: The Perrien-Keydel Company, 1907. URL: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081908182;view=1up;seq=48;size=300 Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Williamsburg, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
At Williamsburg, Va., voluntarily carried a severely wounded comrade off the field in the face of a large force of the enemy; in doing so was himself severely wounded and taken prisoner. Went into the fight at Bristol Station, Va., although severely disabled. At Manassas, volunteered to search the woods for the wounded.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
