GILLIGAN, EDWARD L. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company E, 88th Pennsylvania
Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service
at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 30 April
1892. Citation: Assisted in the capture of a Confederate flag by knocking
down the color sergeant.
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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