DAVIS, GEORGE E. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company D, 10th Vermont Infantry.
Place and date: At Monocacy, Md., 9 July 1864. Entered service at: Burlington,
Vt. Birth: Dunstable, Mass. Date of issue: 27 May 1892. Citation: While
in command of a small force, held the approaches to the 2 bridges against
repeated assaults of superior numbers, thereby materially delaying Early's
advance on Washington.
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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