Unit/Command: Company A, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: August 25, 1864
Medal of Honor Action Place: Gettysburg & Reams Station, Pennsylvania & Virginia, USA
Citation
While a sergeant and retiring with his company before the rapid advance of the enemy at Gettysburg, he and a companion stopped and carried to a place of safety a wounded and helpless comrade; in this act both he and his companion were severely wounded. A year later, at Reams Station, Va., while commanding a skirmish line, voluntarily assisted in checking a flank movement of the enemy, and while so doing was severely wounded, suffering the loss of an arm.
Medal of Honor Recipient James M. Pipes
Additional Details
Accredited to: Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: April 5, 1898
Born: November 10, 1840, Morrisville, Bucks County, PA, United States
Died: December 1, 1928, Washington, DC, United States
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery (PMH) (3-1332-A), Arlington, VA, United States