BAIRD, ABSALOM - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers. Place and
date: At Jonesboro, Ga., 1 September 1864. Entered service at: Washington,
Pa. Birth: Washington, Pa. Date of issue: 22 April 1896. Citation: Voluntarily
led a detached brigade in an assault upon the enemy's works.
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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