Unit/Command: Company E, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: July 30, 1864
Medal of Honor Action Place: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Citation
Instead of retreating, remained in the captured works, regardless of his personal safety and exposed to the firing, which he boldly and deliberately returned until the enemy was close upon him.
Medal of Honor Recipient Sidney Haight
Additional Details
Accredited to: Goodland, Lapeer County, Michigan
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: July 31, 1896
Born: August 21, 1847, Reading, Hillsdale County, MI, United States
Died: September 17, 1918
Buried: West Reading Cemetery (PM), Reading, MI, United States