Civil War
Squire E. Howard
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company H, 8th Vermont Infantry
14 January 1863 · Bayou Teche, Louisiana
Public domain. Squire E. Howard (Life time: 1863) Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Vermont
- Action
- Bayou Teche, Louisiana
The citation
Official citation
Voluntarily carried an important message through the heavy fire of the enemy to bring aid and save the gunboat Calhoun.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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