CARUANA, ORLANDO E. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 51st New York Infantry. Place
and date: At New Bern, N.C., 14 March 1862; at South Mountain, Md., 14
September 1862. Entered service at: ?. Birth: Ca Valletta, Malta. Date
of issue: 14 November 1890. Citation: At New Bern, N.C., brought off the
wounded color sergeant and the colors under a heavy fire of the enemy.
Was one of four soldiers who volunteered to determine the position of the
enemy at South Mountain, Md. While so engaged was fired upon and his three
companions killed, but he escaped and rejoined his command in 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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