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NY Medal of Honors for Capturing Flags

New York Volunteers who Received Medals of Honor

Benjamin, John F .corporal, 3d Cav., for the cap-
ture of the battle flag of the 9th Virginia at
Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6th, 1865.

Bruton, Christopher, captain, 32d Cav. , for capt-
ure of Gen. Early's headquarter's flag, Waynes-
boro, Va., March 3d. 1865.

Buckley, Dennis, private, 136th Inf., for capture of
flag of the 1st Mississippi at Peach Tree Creek,
Ga., July 30th, 1864.

Calkin, Ivers S., 1st sergeant, 2d Cav., for capture
of the flag of the 18th Virginia at Sailor's Creek,
Va., April 6th, 1865.

Congdon, James, sergeant. 8th Cav., for recapture of Gen. Crook's headquarter's flag at Waynesboro,
Va., March 2d, 1865.

Cullen. Thomas, corporal, 82d Inf., for capture of
the flag of the 22d or 28th North Carolina at Bristol Station,
Va, Oct. 14, 1863

Freeman, Archibald, private, 124th Inf., for
capture of the flag of the 17th Louisiana at Spot-
sylvania, Va.. .May 12th, 1861.

Greig, Theodore W., 2d lieut., 61st Inf., for dar-
ing bravery and capture of flags of the 4th Ala-
bama Regiment at Antietam,.Md.,Sept.17th, 1862

Jones, William, Ist sergeant, 73d Inf., for the capture of the flag of the 65th Virginia at Spotsylvania. Va , May 12th. 1864

Judge, Francis W .,1st sergeant, 79th Inf., for the capture of the flag of the 5Ist Georgia at Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 29th, 1863.

Leslie, Frank, private, 4th Cav., for the capture
of the colors of the 3d Virginia at Front Royal,
Va., Aug. 15th, 1864.

Love, George M., colonel, 116th Inf., for capture
of the battle flag of tlie 2d South Carolina at
Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19th, 1864.

Lutes, Franklin W. , corporal, 111th Inf., for capt-
ure of the flag of the 41st Alabama at Peters-
burg, Va. , March 3Ist, 1865.

Mandy, Harry J., 1st sergeant, 4th Cav., for the capture of the flag of the 3d Virginia at Front Royal, Va., Aug. 15th, 1864.

Mangum, Richard C. , private, 148th Inf., for capt-
uring the colors of the 8th Mississippi Regiment
at Hatcher's Run, Va. , April 2d, 1865.

McEnroe, Patrick H., sergeant. 6th Cav , for the capture of the colors of the 36th Virginia at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19th, 1864.

Miller, Frank, private, 2d Cav., for capture of a
flag of the 2.jth [?] Battalion Virginia Inf. at Sailor's
Creek, Va., April 6th, 1865.

Morris, William, sergeant, 1st Cav., for capture of the flag of the 40th Virginia at Sailor's Creek,
Va., April 6th, 1865.

Read, Mortimer A., lieut., 8th Cav., for the capt-
ure of the flag of the 1st Texas Infantry at Appomatox Station, Va., April 8th, 1865.

Russell, Charles L., corporal. 93d Inf., for the capt-
ure of the Hq. of the 42d Virginia at Spotsylva-
nia, Va., May 12th, 1864.

Schlachter, Phillip, private, 73d Inf., for the capture of tlie flag of the 15th Louisiana at Spotsyl-
vania, Va., May 12th, 1864.

Tompkins, Geo. W., corporal, 124th Inf., for the
capture of the flag of the 59th Alabama, near Watkins' House, Petersburg, Va., March 25th, 1865.

Wells, Thomas M., chief bugler, 6th Cav. , for the
capture of the colors of the 44th Georgia at
Cedar Creek. Va., Oct. 19th, 1864

Westerhold. William, sergeant, .52d Inf. for the
capture of the flag of the 23d Virginia at Spotsyl-
vania, Va., May I2th, 1864.

Wiley, James,sergeant..59th Inf..for the capture
of the flag of a Georgia regiment at Gettysburg,
Pa., July 3d, 1863.

New York in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865
by Phisterer, Frederick, 1836-1909, 1890, pp. 139-141

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