Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Stories of Sacrifice
U.S. Civil War - U.S. Army
Benjamin Franklin McAlwee
Details
- Rank: Sergeant (Highest Rank: Sergeant Major)
- Conflict/Era: U.S. Civil War
- Unit/Command:
Company D,
3d Maryland Infantry - Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
- Medal of Honor Action Date: July 30, 1864
- Medal of Honor Action Place: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Citation
Picked up a shell with burning fuse and threw it over the parapet into the ditch, where it exploded; by this act he probably saved the lives of comrades at the great peril of his own.
Additional Details
- Accredited to: Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland
- Awarded Posthumously: No
- Presentation Date & Details: April 4, 1898
- Born: January 7, 1838, Washington
- Died: June 28, 1918, Washington, DC, United States
- Buried: Congressional Cemetery (7-96) , Washington, DC, United States