Rank and organization: Color Sergeant, Company A, 19th Massachusetts Infantry. Citation: Voluntarily passed between the lines, under a heavy fire from the enemy, and obtained important information. Colored Troops, Place and date: At Hatchers Run, VA, 2 April 1865. Rank and organization: Captain, Company B, 116th U.S.
Citation: Seeing a Confederate officer in advance of his command, charged on him alone and unaided and captured him. Place and date: At Natchitoches, LA, 19 April 1864. Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 3d Massachusetts Cavalry. Citation: Gallantry while in command of his company during a reconnaissance toward Richmond. Place and date: Near Richmond, VA, October 1864. Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 7th New Hampshire Infantry. At Oak Grove, VA, crawled outside the lines and brought in important information. Citation: Bravery in repulsing the enemy's charge on a battery, at Williamsburg, VA. Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 2d New Hampshire Infantry. Citation: Distinguished gallantry in leading his regiment in a charge on a house occupied by the enemy. Rank and organization: Major, 20th Michigan Infantry. Citation: During a sudden night attack upon Burnham's Brigade, resulting in much confusion, this officer, without waiting for orders, led his regiment forward and interposed a line of battle between the advancing enemy and Hunt's Battery, repulsing the attack and saving the guns. Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 10th New Hampshire Infantry. Citation: Seized the regimental colors, the color bearer having been shot down, and, waving them, rallied the regiment under a heavy fire.
Place and date: At Fredericksburg, VA, 13 December 1862. Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company C, 9th New Hampshire Infantry. At Petersburg, VA, 30 July 1864, bravely and coolly carried orders to the advanced line under severe fire. Citation: During Battle of the Wilderness rallied and formed, under heavy fire, disorganized and fleeing troops of different regiments. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., At the mine, Petersburg, VA, 30 July 1864. Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 6th New Hampshire Infantry. Citation: Seized the colors of a retreating regiment and led it into the thick of the attack. Place and date: At Chickamauga, Ga., 20 September 1863. Rank and organization: Captain, Company C, 2d Minnesota Infantry.
Citation: Brought off from the picket line, under heavy fire, a comrade who had been shot through both legs. Place and date: At Petersburg, VA, 2 April 1865. Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 18th New Hampshire Infantry. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 10th New Hampshire Infantry. Citation: Being ordered to move his trains by a continuous day-and-night march, and without the usual military escort, armed his teamsters and personally commanded them, successfully fighting against heavy odds and bringing his trains through without the loss of a wagon. Place and date: Between Catlett and Fairfax Stations, VA, 13-15 October 1863. Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Quartermaster, 2d Corps. Citation: Six color bearers of the regiment having been killed, he voluntarily took both flags of the regiment and carried them through the remainder of the battle. Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 11th New Hampshire Infantry. Valiant service in a desperate assault at New Market Heights, VA, inspiring the Union troops by his example of steady courage. Citation: The first man of the Eighteenth Corps to enter the enemy's works at Petersburg, VA, 15 June 1864. Place and date: At Petersburg, VA, 15 June 1864 At New Market Heights, VA, 29 September 1864. Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company H, 4th U.S. Anderson was stationed at the wheel when shot penetrated the house and, with the scattering of the iron, used his own body as a shield for his commanding officer. During the attack on Charleston, while serving on board the U.S.S. Anderson, on all occasions, set forth the greatest intrepidity and devotion. Carrying out his duties skillfully while on board the U.S.S. Crusader and the Keokuk during various actions of those vessels. Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S.
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