U.S. Army
Kenyon, John SnydersConflictCivil War
Year of Action1862
Unit/CommandCompany D, 3rd New York Cavalry
HometownGrosvenors Corners, New York
Citation
Voluntarily left a retiring column, returned in face of the enemy’s fire, helped a wounded man upon a horse, and so enable him to escape capture or death.
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