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U.S. Civil War - U.S. Army

Alphonso M Lunt

Details
  • Rank: Sergeant
  • Conflict/Era: U.S. Civil War
  • Unit/Command:
    Company F,
    38th Massachusetts Infantry
  • Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
  • Medal of Honor Action Date: September 19, 1864
  • Medal of Honor Action Place: Opequan Creek, Virginia, USA
Citation
Carried his flag to the most advanced position where, left almost alone close to the enemy's lines, he refused their demand to surrender, withdrew at great personal peril, and saved his flag.
Medal of Honor Recipient Alphonso M. Lunt
Medal of Honor Recipient Alphonso M. Lunt
Additional Details
  • Accredited to: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  • Awarded Posthumously: No
  • Presentation Date & Details: May 10, 1894
  • Born: September 6, 1837, Berwick, York County, ME, United States
  • Died: December 18, 1917, Mountain Home, TN, United States
  • Buried: Cambridge Cemetery (MH) (Acorn Path 264A), Cambridge, MA, United States
 

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