FURMAN, CHESTER S. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: ?.
Birth: Columbia, Pa. Date of issue: 3 August 1897. Citation: Was 1 of 6
volunteers who charged upon a log house near Devil's Den, where a squad
of the enemy's sharpshooters were sheltered, and compelled their surrender.
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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