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HANSCOM, MOSES C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F,
19th Maine Infantry. Place and date: At Bristoe Station, Va., 14
October 1863. Entered service at: Bowdoinham, Maine. Birth:
Danville, Maine. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture
of the flag of 26th North Carolina (C.S.A.). Buried: Auburn, Maine;
Oak Hill cemetery
HOWARD, OLIVER O.
Rank and
organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At
Fair Oaks, Va., 1 June 1862. Entered service at: Maine. Born: 8
November 1830, Leeds, Maine. Date of issue: 29 March 1893. Citation:
Led the 61st New York Infantry in a charge in which he was twice
severely wounded in the right arm, necessitating amputation.
TOBIE, EDWARD P.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major,
1st Maine Cavalry. Place and date: At Appomattox Campaign, Va., 29
March to 9 April 1865. Entered service at: Lewiston, Maine. Birth:
Lewiston, Maine. Date of issue: 1 April 1898. Citation: Though
severely wounded at Sailors Creek, 6 April, and at Farmville, 7
April, refused to go to the hospital, but remained with his
regiment, performed the full duties of adjutant upon the wounding of
that officer, and was present for duty at Appomattox. (Source: Center of Military History, United States
Army, U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs Report, Medal of
Honor Recipients: 1863-1978) |
