BEDDOWS, RICHARD - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Private, 34th New York Battery.
Place and date:
At Spotsylvania, Va., 18 May 1864. Entered service at: ?. Birth: England.
Date of issue: 10 July 1896. Citation: Brought his guidon off in safety
under a heavy fire of musketry after he had lost it by his horse becoming
furious from the bursting of a shell.
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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