COSGROVE, THOMAS - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 40th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Drurys Bluff, Va., 15 May 1864. Entered service at:
East Stoughton, Mass. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 7 November 1896. Citation:
Individually demanded and received the surrender of 7 armed Confederates
concealed in a cellar, disarming and marching them in as prisoners of war.
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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