JAMES E. CROFT MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor War Memorials
Access: Public
Photograph By: DON MORFE
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
Medal of Honor citation:
For extraordinary heroism on 5 October 1864, while serving with Battery 12, Wisconsin Light Artillery, in action at Allatoona, Georgia. Private Croft took the place of a gunner who had been shot down and inspired his comrades by his bravery and effective gunnery, which contributed largely to the defeat of the enemy.
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