Herbert Farnsworth

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

Voluntarily carried a message which stopped the firing of a Union battery into his regiment, in which service he crossed a ridge in plain view and swept by the fire of both armies.

Rank: Sergeant Major
Date of Issue: April 1, 1898
Conflicts: Civil War
Organization: U.S. Army

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