Nicholas Boquet

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

Voluntarily left the line of battle, and, exposing himself to imminent danger from a heavy fire of the enemy, assisted in capturing a riderless horse at large between the lines and hitching him to a disabled gun, saved the gun from capture.

Conflicts: Civil War
Organization: U.S. Army

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