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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
 

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