GARDINER, JAMES - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 36th U.S. Colored Troops.
Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service
at:?. Birth: Gloucester, Va. Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation:
Rushed in advance of his brigade, shot a rebel officer who was on the parapet
rallying his men, and then ran him through with his bayonet.
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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