Rank: Captain
Organization: Company K, 4th PA Militia
Entered Service: ?
Birth: Norristown, PA
Date Medal Issued: 19 May 1887
Date of Action: 21 July 1861
Place of Action: Bull Run, VA
Citation: Voluntarily served as an aide on the staff of Col. David Hunter and participated in the battle, his term of service having expired on the previous day.
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Rank: First Lieutenant
Organization: Battery B, 2d US Artillery
Entered Service: New York, NY
Birth: New York, NY
Date Medal Issued: 11 June 1877
Date of Action: Jul 1861 to May 1864
Place of Action: From Bull Run to Spotsylvania, VA
Citation: Particularly distinguished services as an artillery officer.
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Rank: First Lieutenant
Organization: 5th US Artillery, Battery D
Entered Service: Rockland, ME
Birth: East Thomaston, ME
Date Medal Issued: 22 June 1894
Date of Action: 21 July 1861
Place of Action: Bull Run, VA
Citation: Remained upon the field in command of a section of Griffin’s Battery, directing its fire after being severely wounded and refusing to leave the field until too weak to sit upon the caisson where he had been placed by men of his command.
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Harry Smeltzer
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