Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Stories of Sacrifice
U.S. Civil War - U.S. Army
Andrew Henry Embler
Details
- Rank: Captain (Highest Rank: Brevet Colonel U.S. Vols.)
- Conflict/Era: U.S. Civil War
- Unit/Command:
Company D,
59th New York Infantry - Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
- Medal of Honor Action Date: October 27, 1864
- Medal of Honor Action Place: Boydton Plank Road, Virginia, USA
Citation
Charged at the head of two regiments, which drove the enemy's main body, gained the crest of the hill near the Burgess house, and forced a barricade on the Boydton road.
Additional Details
- Accredited to: New York
- Awarded Posthumously: No
- Presentation Date & Details: October 19, 1893
- Born: June 29, 1834, New York, NY, United States
- Died: July 28, 1918, New Haven, CT, United States
- Buried: Evergreen Cemetery (MH), New Haven, CT, United States