MORSE, CHARLES E. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company I, 62d New York Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 5 May 1864.

Entered service at:   New York.

Birth:   France.

Date of issue:   14 January 1890.

Citation:   Voluntarily rushed back into the enemy's lines, took the colors from the color sergeant, who was mortally wounded, and, although himself wounded, carried them through the fight.

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)