Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Stories of Sacrifice
U.S. Civil War - U.S. Army
Sylvester D Rhodes
Details
- Rank: Sergeant (Highest Rank: Captain)
- Conflict/Era: U.S. Civil War
- Unit/Command:
Company D,
61st Pennsylvania Infantry - Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
- Medal of Honor Action Date: September 22, 1864
- Medal of Honor Action Place: Fisher's Hill, Virginia, USA
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.
Additional Details
- Accredited to: Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
- Awarded Posthumously: No
- Presentation Date & Details: February 16, 1897
- Born: December 1842, Plains, Luzerne County, PA, United States
- Died: August 29, 1904, Parsons, PA, United States
- Buried: Hollenbeck Cemetery (1526), Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States