FRENCH, SAMUEL S. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 7th Michigan Infantry. Place
and date: At Fair Oaks, Va., 31 May 1862. Entered service at: Gifford,
Mich. Birth: Erie County, N.Y. Date of issue: 24 October 1895. Citation:
Continued fighting, although wounded, until he fainted from loss of blood.
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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