National War Memorial Registry, War Memorial Catalog Of United States

1ST LT. JAMES BURTON POND COMPANY C, 3D WISCONSIN CAVALRY. AT BAXTER SPRINGS, KANS., 6 OCTOBER 1863. WHILE IN COMMAND OF TWO COMPANIES OF CAVALRY, WAS SURPRISE AND ATTACKED BY SEVERAL TIMES HIS OWN NUMBER OF GUERRILLAS, BUT GALLANTLY RALLIED HIS MEN, AND AFTER A SEVERE STRUGGLE DROVE THE ENEMY OUTSIDE THE FORTIFICATIONS. 1ST LT. POND THEN WENT OUTSIDE THE WORKS AND, ALONE AND UNAIDED, FIRED A HOWITZER 3 TIMES, THROWING THE ENEMY INTO CONFUSION AND CAUSING HIM TO RETIRE. FOR THIS ACTION HE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR. SEE ALSO-JANESVILLE MEDAL OF HONOR VETERANS WALKWAY