Civil War
Nathan H. Edgerton
Lieutenant and Adjutant · U.S. Army
6th U.S. Colored Troops
29 September 1864 · Chapins Farm, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Chapins Farm, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Took up the flag after 3 color bearers had been shot down and bore it forward, though himself wounded.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
