Farnsworth, Herbert E. - The National Medal of Honor Museum

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U.S. Army

Farnsworth, Herbert E.

ConflictCivil War

RankCaptain

Year of Action1864

Unit/Command10th New York Cavalry (Porter Guard)

HometownPerrysburg, New York

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.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Civil War Year of Action: 1864

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