FASSETT, JOHN B. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Captain, Company F, 23d Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia,
Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 29 December 1894. Citation:
While acting as an aide, voluntarily led a regiment to the relief of a
battery and recaptured its guns from the enemy.
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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