Thursday, May 13, 2010

Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients for Battle of Franklin

Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients
Source: U.S. Army Center of Military History

BROWN, JOHN HARTIES
Rank and organization: Captain, Company D, 12th Kentucky Infantry.
Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864.
Entered service at: Charlestown, Mass.
Born: 1834, Canada.
Date of issue: 13 February 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag.

DAVIS, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 104th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864.
Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Wales.
Date of issue: 4 February 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag.

GAUNT, JOHN C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 104th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864.
Entered service at: Damascoville, Ohio.
Birth: Columbiana County, Ohio.
Date of issue: 13 February 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag.

GREENAWALT, ABRAHAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 104th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864.
Entered service at: Salem, Ohio.
Birth: Montgomery County, Pa.
Date of issue: 13 February 1865.
Citation: Capture of corps headquarters flag (C.S.A.).

HALL, NEWTON H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 104th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864.
Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Portage County, Ohio.
Date of issue: 13 February 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag, believed to have belonged to Steward's Corps (C.S.A.).

KELLEY, GEORGE V.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company A, 104th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864.
Entered service at: Massillon, Ohio.
Born: 23 March 1843, Massillon, Ohio.
Date of issue: 13 February 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag supposed to be of Cheatham's Corps (C.S.A.).

MERRIFIELD, JAMES K.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 88th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864.
Entered service at: Manlius, Bureau County, Ill.
Birth: Pennsylvania.
Date of issue: 28 March 1896.
Citation: Captured 2 battle flags from the enemy and returned with them to his own lines.

RAMSBOTTOM, ALFRED
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company K, 97th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864.
Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Delaware County, Ohio.
Date of issue: 24 February 1865.
Citation: Captured the flag of the 2d Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.), in a hand-to-hand fight with the color bearer.

RICKSECKER, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 104th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864.
Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Springfield, Ohio.
Date of issue: 3 February 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag of 16th Alabama Artillery (C.S.A.).

STANLEY, DAVID S.
Rank and organization: Major General, U.S. Volunteers.
Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864.
Entered service at: Congress, Wayne County, Ohio.
Born: 1 June 1828, Cedar Valley, Ohio.
Date of issue: 29 March 1893.
Citation: At a critical moment rode to the front of one of his brigades, reestablished its lines, and gallantly led it in a successful assault.

TOOHEY, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 24th Wisconsin Infantry.
Place and date: At Franklin, Tenn., 30 November 1864.
Entered service at: ------.
Birth: New York, N.Y.
Date of issue: Unknown.
Citation: Gallantry in action; voluntarily assisting in working guns of battery near right of the regiment after nearly every man had left them, the fire of the enemy being hotter at this than at any other point on the line.

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