Sidney Haight

Corporal · U.S. Army

Company E, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters. Place and dare: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864

Date not recorded · Place not recorded

Branch: U.S. Army
Era: Civil War
Home state: Michigan
Action: Sidney Haight, an unrecorded date

The citation

Official citation

Instead of retreating, remained in the captured works, regardless of his personal safety and exposed to the firing, which he boldly and deliberately returned until the enemy was close upon him.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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