BONNAFFON, SYLVESTER, JR. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   First Lieutenant, Company G, 99th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date:   At Boydton Plank Road, Va., 27 October 1864.

Entered service at:   Philadelphia, Pa.

Birth:   ?.

Date of issue:   29 September 1893.

Citation:   Checked the rout and rallied the troops of his command in the face of a terrible fire of musketry; was severely wounded.

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)