ANDERSON, PETER - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 31st Wisconsin Infantry.
Place and date: At Bentonville, N.C., 19 March 1865. Entered service at: ?.
Birth: Lafayette County, Wis. Date of issue: 16 June 1865. Citation: Entirely
unassisted, brought from the field an abandoned piece of artillery and
saved the gun from falling into the hands of the enemy.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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