GAGE, RICHARD J. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry Place
and date: Elk River, Tenn., 2 July 1863. Entered service at. Ottawa, Ill.
Birth: Grafton County, N.H. Date of issue: 30 October 1897. Citation: Voluntarily
joined a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and
saved the bridge.
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)
Browse Records by Era / War / Subject |