Civil War
Richard N. Batchelder
Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Quartermaster · U.S. Army
2d Corps
13-15 October 1863 · Catlett Fairfax Stations, Virginia
Public domain. General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.) (Life time: January 4, 1901) Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New Hampshire
- Action
- Catlett Fairfax Stations, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Being ordered to move his trains by a continuous day-and-night march, and without the usual military escort, armed his teamsters and personally commanded them, successfully fighting against heavy odds and bringing his trains through without the loss of a wagon.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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