Hubert Dilger

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

Fought his guns until the enemy were upon him, then with one gun hauled in the road by hand he formed the rear guard and kept the enemy at bay by the rapidity of his fire and was the last man in the retreat.

Rank: Captain
Date of Issue: August 17, 1893
Conflicts: Civil War
Organization: U.S. Army

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