Photograph associated with John S. Kenyon

Civil War

John S. Kenyon

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Company D, 3d New York Cavalry

15 May 1862 · Trenton, North Carolina

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Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
New York
Action
Trenton, North Carolina

The citation

Official citation

Voluntarily left a retiring column, returned in face of the enemy's fire, helped a wounded man upon a horse, and so enable him to escape capture or death.

Sources

Ready I Left My Home — Staff Sgt. Anisha Johnson

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