EDGERTON, NATHAN H. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Lieutenant and Adjutant, 6th U.S. Colored Troops.
Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service
at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: ?. Date of issue: 30 March 1898. Citation:
Took up the flag after 3 color bearers had been shot down and bore it forward,
though himself 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)
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