CORSON, JOSEPH K. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Assistant Surgeon, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves
(35th Pennsylvania Volunteers).
Place and date: Near Bristoe Station, Va.,
14 October 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 26 November
1836, Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, Pa. Date of issue: 13 May 1899.
Citation: With one companion returned in the face of the enemy's heavy
artillery fire and removed to a place of safety a severely wounded soldier
who had been left behind as the regiment fell back.
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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