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

James Milton Pipes

• Rank: Captain
• Conflict/Era: U.S. Civil War
• 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

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.