PRIVATE JAMES E. CROFT MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL
Click on image to zoom
Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor War Memorials
Year Dedicated: 1970 RE-DEDICATED 1989
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CLIFF1066
Submitted By: ROSEMARIE TITUS, AVVA
PRIVATE JAMES E. CROFT, 12TH BATTERY, WISCONSIN LIGHT ARTILLERY. AT ALLATOONA, GA., 5 OCTOBER 1864. PRIVATED 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. FOR THIS ACTION HE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
SEE ALSO-JANESVILLE MEDAL OF HONOR VETERANS WALKWAY
Support The Memorial Day Foundation's mission to protect, preserve, honor and remember our nation's war memorials
There are 70575 total listings in our War Memorial Registry