UNKNOWN AND KNOWN AFRO-UNION CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS MEMORIAL PAVERS
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Memorial Bricks and Pavers
Year Dedicated: 2009
Access: Cemetery
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: DON MORFE
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 36th U.S. Colored Troops. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., September 30, 1864. Entered service at: Norfolk, Va. Birth: Princess Anne County, Va. Date of issue: April 6, 1865.
Citation Medal of Honor:
Having had his arm mutilated, making immediate amputation necessary, he loaded and discharged his piece with one hand and urged his men forward; this within 30 yards (27 m) of the enemy’s works.
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