BEYER, HILLARY - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company H, 90th Pennsylvania
Infantry.
Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Entered
service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: ?. Date of issue: 30 October 1896.
Citation: After his command had been forced to fall back, remained alone
on the line of battle, caring for his wounded comrades and carrying one
of them 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)
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