BELL, JAMES B. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 11th Ohio Infantry. Place
and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered service
at: Troy, Ohio. Birth: ?. Date of issue: Unknown. Citation: Though
severely wounded, was first of his regiment on the summit of the ridge,
planted his colors inside the enemy's works, and did not leave the field
until after he had been wounded 5 times.
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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