Francis Hesseltine

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

In command of a detachment of 100 men, conducted a reconnaissance for 2 days, baffling and beating back an attacking force of more than a thousand Confederate cavalry, and regained his transport without loss.

Rank: Colonel
Conflicts: Civil War
Organization: U.S. Army

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