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Civil War
John M. Deane
Major · U.S. Army
29th Massachusetts Infantry
25 March 1865 · Fort Stedman, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Massachusetts
- Action
- Fort Stedman, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
This officer, observing an abandoned gun within Fort Haskell, called for volunteers, and under a heavy fire, worked the gun until the enemy's advancing line was routed.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
