Sylvester D. Rhodes
Born: December 6, 1842, Plains, PA.
Entered service at: Wilkes Barre, Pa.
Service: U.S. Army
Organization: Company D, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry.
Rank: Sergeant
Place of Action: At Fishers Hill, Virginia
Date of Action: September 22, 1864
Date of issue: February 16, 1897
Citation: Was on the skirmish line which drove the enemy from the first entrenchment and was the first man to enter the breastworks, capturing one of the guns and turning it upon the enemy.
Died: August 29, 1904, Age of 61
Buried: Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, PA
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