DODD, ROBERT F. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Private, Company E, 27th Michigan Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864.

Entered service at:   Hantramck, Mich. Born: 1844, Canada.

Date of issue:   27 July 1896.

Citation:   While acting as orderly, voluntarily assisted to carry off the wounded from the ground in front of the crater while exposed to a heavy fire.

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)