GASSON, RICHARD - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 47th New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service
at: ?. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Fell
dead while planting the colors of his regiment on the enemy's works.
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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