BEATTY, ALEXANDER M. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Captain, Company F, 3d Vermont Infantry. Place and date: At Cold Harbor, Va., 5 June 1864.

Entered service at:   Vermont. Born: 29 July 1828, Ryegate, Vt.

Date of issue:   25 April 1894.

Citation:   Removed, under a hot fire, a wounded member of his command to a place of safety.

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)