CITATION READS: For extraordinary heroism on 19 March 1865, while serving with Company B, 31st Wisconsin Infantry, in action at Bentonville, North Carolina. Entirely unassisted, Private Anderson brought from the field an abandoned piece of artillery an ...

DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF UNKNOWN DEAD

CAPTAIN ANDERSON WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR SAVING A CANNON FROM ENEMY CAPTURE WHILE UNDER FIRE AT BENTONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA ON MARCH 9, 1865.