PRIVATE JAMES E. CROFT MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL
PRIVATE JAMES E. CROFT, 12TH BATTERY, WISCONSIN LIGHT ARTILLERY. AT ALLATOONA, GA., 5 OCTOBER 1864. PRIVATED CROFT TOOK THE PLACE OF A GUNNER WHO HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN AND INSPIRED HIS COMRADES BY HIS BRAVERY AND EFFECTIVE GUNNERY, WHICH CONTRIBUTED LARGELY TO THE DEFEAT OF THE ENEMY. FOR THIS ACTION HE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
SEE ALSO-JANESVILLE MEDAL OF HONOR VETERANS WALKWAY
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Medal of Honor War Memorials
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
1970 RE-DEDICATED 1989
Photograph By:
CLIFF1066
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