Unit/Command: Company I, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: August 23, 1862
Medal of Honor Action Place: Rappahannock Station, Virginia, USA
Citation
Voluntarily and at great personal risk, Breyer picked up an unexploded shell and threw it away, thus doubtless saving the life of a comrade whose arm had been taken off by the same shell.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: July 8, 1896
Born: June 19, 1844, England
Died: September 9, 1914, Pottstown, PA, United States
Buried: Limerick Church Burial Ground (5G-10), Limerick, PA, United States