Civil War
John N. Coyne
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company B, 70th New York Infantry
5 May 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: “Let's Capture Their Colors, Boys!”, p. 27. Detroit, Michigan: The Perrien-Keydel Company, 1907. URL: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081908182;view=1up;seq=47;size=200 Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Williamsburg, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Capture of a flag after a severe hand-to-hand contest; was mentioned in orders for his gallantry.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
