. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . Misprrg. wa The End of the War. 429 MEDALS OF HONOR. The follo\vin>^ members of the regiment have been grantedmedals of honor by the War Department, for gallant conductin battle : Private Wallace A. Beckwith,—Awarded February 15,1897, action at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; forgallantly responding to a call for volunteers to man a battery, serv-ing with great heroism until t!u teinnuation of the engagement. Lieutenant F. Clarence Buck,—Awarded April 6, 1865,action at Chapins
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . Misprrg. wa The End of the War. 429 MEDALS OF HONOR. The follo\vin>^ members of the regiment have been grantedmedals of honor by the War Department, for gallant conductin battle : Private Wallace A. Beckwith,—Awarded February 15,1897, action at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; forgallantly responding to a call for volunteers to man a battery, serv-ing with great heroism until t!u teinnuation of the engagement. Lieutenant F. Clarence Buck,—Awarded April 6, 1865,action at Chapins Farm near Richmond, Va., September 29, wounded, refused to leave the field until the fight closed. Sergeant Robert A. Gray,—Awarded July 13, 1895, actionat Drewrys Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864. While retreating with hisregiment, which had been repulsed, he voluntarily returned in the^ce of a heavy fire of the enemys guns to a former position, andrescued a wounded officer of his company who was unahle to walk. Captain William S. Hubbell,--Awarded June 13, 1S94,action at Fort Harrison, V
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