Sylvester Rhodes

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

Was on the skirmish line which drove the enemy from the first entrenchment and was the first man to enter the breastworks, capturing one of the guns and turning it upon the enemy.

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

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