Civil War
Sylvester D. Rhodes
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company D, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry
22 September 1864 · Fishers Hill, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Fishers Hill, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Was on the skirmish line which drove the enemy from the first entrenchment and was the first man to enter the breastworks, capturing one of the guns and turning it upon the enemy.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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