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Here's another question I'd love to know the answer to: which northern school (excepting military academies) produced the most MOH winners?
I'll start. Since I work at Hillsdale College, we had four MOH winners:
Here's a tintype of Whitney, now in possession of the Hillsdale Library archives.
Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company B, 11th Michigan Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered service at: Quincy, Michigan
Date of issue: 21 October 1895.
Citation: As the enemy were about to charge, this officer went outside the temporary Union works among the dead and wounded enemy and at great exposure to himself cut off and removed their cartridge boxes, bringing the same within the Union lines, the ammunition being used with good effect in again repulsing the attack
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Please add MOH winners for the schools you are familiar with. Cite relevant documentation if able. Thx
I'll start. Since I work at Hillsdale College, we had four MOH winners:
- William G. Whitney, 11th MI Inf for action at Chickamauga
- Moses A. Luce, 4th MI Inf at Laurel Hill, VA
- Cornelius M. Hadley, 9th MI Cav at the siege of Knoxville
- Frank D. Baldwin, 19th MI Inf for action at Peach Tree Creek
Here's a tintype of Whitney, now in possession of the Hillsdale Library archives.
Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company B, 11th Michigan Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered service at: Quincy, Michigan
Date of issue: 21 October 1895.
Citation: As the enemy were about to charge, this officer went outside the temporary Union works among the dead and wounded enemy and at great exposure to himself cut off and removed their cartridge boxes, bringing the same within the Union lines, the ammunition being used with good effect in again repulsing the attack
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Please add MOH winners for the schools you are familiar with. Cite relevant documentation if able. Thx