WELCH, STEPHEN - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company C, 154th New York Infantry.
Place and date:   At Dug Gap, Ga., 8 May 1864.

Entered service at:   Allegany, Cattaraugus County, N.Y.

Birth:   Groton, N.Y.

Date of issue:   13 April 1894.

Citation:   Risked his life in rescuing a wounded comrade under fire of the enemy.

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)