Michael Madden

Private · U.S. Army

Company K, 42d New York Infantry

3 September 1861 · Masons Island, Maryland

Branch: U.S. Army
Era: Civil War
Home state: New York
Action: Masons Island, Maryland

The citation

Official citation

Assisted a wounded comrade to the riverbank and, under heavy fire of the enemy, swam with him across a branch of the Potomac to the Union lines.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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