AFRO-AMERICAN MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS

Civil War
African-American Medal Of Honor Recipients

The President of the United States in the name of the Congress takes pleasure in presenting
the Medal of Honor to:

KELLY, ALEXANDER

Rank and Organization: First Sergeant, Company F, 6th U.S. Colored Troops.
Place and Date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864.
Birth: Pennsylvania.
Date of Issue: 6 April 1865.
Citation: Gallantly seized the colors, which had fallen near the enemy's lines, raised them and rallied the men at a time of confusion and in a place of the greatest danger.

FLEETWOOD, CHRISTIAN A.

Rank and Organization: Sergeant Major, 4th U.S. Colored Troops,
Place and Date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864.
Birth: Baltimore, Md.
Date of Issue: 6 April 1865.
Citation: Seized the colors, after 2 color bearers had been shot down, and bore them nobly through the fight.

GARDINER, JAMES
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Rank and Organization: Private, Company I, 6th U.S. Colored Troops.
Place and Date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864.
Birth: Gloucester, Va.
Date of Issue: 6 April 1865.
Citation: Rushed in advance of his brigade, shot a rebel officer who was on the parapet rallying his men, and then ran him through with his bayonet.

HAWKINS, THOMAS R.

Rank and Organization: Sergeant Major, 6th U.S. Colored Troops.
Place and Date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864.
Entered Service At: Philadelphia, Pa.
Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio.
Date of Issue: 8 February 1870.
Citation: Rescue of regimental colors.

BEATY, POWHATAN

Rank and Organization: First Sergeant, Company G, 5th U.S. Colored Troops.
Place and Date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864.
Entered Service At: Delaware County, Ohio.
Birth: Richmond, Va.
Date of Issue: 6 April 1865.
Citation: Took command of his company, all the officers having been killed or wounded, and gallantly led it.

CARNEY, WILLIAM H.

Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company C, 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry.
Place and Date: At Fort Wagner, S.C., 18 July 1863.
Entered Service St.: New Bedford, Mass. Birth: Norfolk, Va.
Date of Issue: 23 May 1900.
Citation: When the Color Sergeant was shot down, this soldier grasped the flag, led the way to the parapet, and planted the colors thereon. When the troops fell back he brought off the flag, under a fierce fire in which he was twice severely wounded.

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