Civil War
Louis J. Sacriste
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
Company D, 116th Pennsylvania Infantry
3 May 1863 · Chancellorsville, Va, At Auburn, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Chancellorsville, Va, At Auburn, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Saved from capture a gun of the 5th Maine Battery. Voluntarily carried orders which resulted in saving from destruction or capture the picket line of the 1st Division, 2d Army Corps.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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