PVT. ANDREW W. TIBBETS MEDAL OF HONOR GRAVESTONE

PVT. TIBBETS CAPTURED AN ENEMY FLAG AT COLUMBUS, GEORGIA ON APRIL 15, 1865.LT. JOHN VEATCH, ALSO OF CO. I, 3RD IOWA CAVALRY REGIMENT, SAID “TIBBETS HAD TO GO THROUGH AN ORDEAL WHICH IS ALMOST BEYOND HUMAN ENDURANCE…DID CAPTURE THE REBEL FLAG AMID THE HOTTEST FIRE AND SMOKE THAT THE SEVEREST TEST OF THIS NIGHT MADE HIM BLIND SO HE HAD TO BE LED BY HIS COMRADES UNTIL WE REACHED MACON, GEORGIA WHERE HE WAS LEFT IN THE HOSPITAL.”