Robert Levan Orr

ConflictCivil War

RankColonel

Year of Action1865

Unit/Command61st Pennsylvania Infantry

BirthplacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Citation

Carried the colors at the head of the column in the assault after two color bearers had been shot down.

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