JACOB CART MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL GRAVE STONE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Grave Stones
Access: Cemetery
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: COSMOS MARINER
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
Cart received the country’s highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia on 13 December 1862. He was honored with the award on 25 November 1864. He captured the of flag of 19th Georgia Infantry (C.S.A.), wresting it from the hands of the color bearer
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