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U.S. Army

Casper R. Carlisle

ConflictCivil War

Year of Action1863

Unit/CommandCompany F, Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery

BirthplacePennsylvania

Citation

Saved a gun of his battery under heavy musketry fire, most of the horses being killed and the drivers wounded.

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