COX, ROBERT M. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company K, 55th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Prairie
City, Ill. Birth: Guernsey County, Ohio. Date of issue: 31 December 1892.
Citation: Bravely defended the colors planted on the outward parapet of
Fort Hill.
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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