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Civil War
Samuel E. Eddy
Private · U.S. Army
Company D, 37th Massachusetts Infantry
6 April 1865 · Sailors Creek, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Massachusetts
- Action
- Sailors Creek, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Saved the life of the adjutant of his regiment by voluntarily going beyond the line and there killing one of the enemy then in the act of firing upon the wounded officer. Was assailed by several of the enemy, run through the body with a bayonet, and pinned to the ground, but while so. situated he shot and killed his assailant.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
