My name is Quentin King. I am 89 years old and I have been trying to recover my great grandfather's gold medal of honor awarded for action at Chickasaw Bluff battle north of Vicksburg, in December 1862. My great grandfather's name was Henry Oderfeld. I was looking for some information about this medal and my great grandfather and found your site where you seem to be doing some research or something along those lines on this medal. I would really appreciate being able to communicate with you about your work and how it might help me with what I am working on as well.

I am curious as to what you are working on that has brought you into this research.

My email address is listed in the return email. Thank you for any information you can provide.

Quentin King