ORSON W BENNETT MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL GRAVE STONE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Grave Stones Type II
Access: Cemetery
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: DON MORFE
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
USCT-UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION;
After several unsuccessful efforts to recover three pieces of abandoned artillery, this officer gallantly led a small force fully 100 yards in advance of the Union lines and brought in the guns, preventing their capture.
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