FARNSWORTH, HERBERT E. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 10th New York Cavalry. Place
and date: At Trevilian Station, Va., 11 June 1864. Entered service at:
?. Birth: Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Date of issue: 1 April 1898. Citation:
Voluntarily carried a message which stopped the firing of a Union battery
into his regiment, in which service he crossed a ridge in plain view and
swept by the fire of both armies.
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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