JAMES W TOBIN MEDAL OF HONOR GRAVESTONE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Grave Stones
Access: Cemetery
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: J.T. LAMBROU
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
Civil War Medal of Honor recipient. Also known as Jacobus W. Tobin, he served as a Sergeant, Company C, 9th Michigan Cavalry. At Aiken, South Carolina, February 11, 1865 his company was in retreat of a Confederate advance. At his own risk, he returned in the face of the enemy and rescued Major William C. Stevens, Cavalry Commander, who had been thrown from his horse.
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