Civil War
Robert S. Robertson
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
Company K, 93d New York Infantry
8 May 1864 · Corbins Bridge, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Corbins Bridge, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
While acting as aide_de_camp to a general officer, seeing a regiment break to the rear, he seized its colors, rode with them to the front in the face of the advancing enemy, and rallied the retreating regiment.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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