CHANDLER, STEPHEN E. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Quartermaster Sergeant, Company A, 24th New York
Cavalry.
Place and date: At Amelia Springs, Va., 5 April 1865. Entered
service at: Granby, Oswego County, N.Y. Birth: Michigan. Date of issue:
4 April 1898. Citation: Under severe fire of the enemy and of the troops
in retreat, went between the lines to the assistance of a wounded and helpless
comrade, and rescued him from death or capture.
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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