Civil War
Josiah O. Livingston
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
and Adjutant, 9th Vermont Infantry
2 February 1864 · Newport Barracks, North Carolina
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Vermont
- Action
- Newport Barracks, North Carolina
The citation
Official citation
When, after desperate res1stance, the small garrison had been driven back to the river by a vastly superior force, this officer, while a small force held back the enemy, personally fired the railroad bridge, and, although wounded himself, ass1sted a wounded officer over the burning structure.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
