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STEPHEN ROUGHT MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL GRAVE STONE

STEPHEN ROUGHT MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL GRAVE STONE
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Location: SPRING HILL CEMETERY

City: LACEYVILLE

State: Pennsylvania

Zip Code: 18623

Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Grave Stones

Access: Cemetery

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: DON MORFE

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

Medal of Honor;
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING Civil War
Service: Army
Rank: Sergeant
Division: 141st Pennsylvania Infantry

CITATION:

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Stephen Rought, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 6 May 1864, while serving with Company A, 141st Pennsylvania Infantry, in action during the Wilderness Campaign, Virginia, for capture of flag of 13th North Carolina Infantry (Confederate States of America).


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