DEANE, JOHN M. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Major, 29th Massachusetts Infantry. Place and
date: At Fort Stedman, Va., 25 March 1865. Entered service at: ?.
Born: 8 January 1840, Freetown, Mass. Date of issue: 8 March 1895. Citation:
This officer, observing an abandoned gun within Fort Haskell, called for
volunteers, and under a heavy fire, worked the gun until the enemy's advancing
line was routed.
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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