Medal of Honor Citation: Christian Albert
Rank: Private
Organization: U.S. Army
Company: Company G
Division: 47th Ohio Infantry
Born: Cincinnati, Ohio
Departed: Yes
Date of Issue: 08/10/1895
Place / Date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863
Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the “volunteer storming party.”
Category: Civil War
Posts involving all U.S.A. and C.S.A. military operations in during the Civil War.
Medal of Honor Citation: Frederick Alber
Rank: Private
Organization: U.S. Army
Company: Company A
Division: 17th Michigan Infantry
Born: 1838, Germany
Departed: Yes
Entered Service At: Manchester, Mich.
Date of Issue: 07/30/1896
Place / Date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864
Citation: Bravely rescued Lt. Charles H. Todd of his regiment who had been captured by a party of Confederates by shooting down one, knocking over another with the butt of his musket, and taking them both prisoners.
Medal of Honor Citation: Michael Aheam
Rank: Paymaster’s Steward
Organization: U.S. Navy
Departed: Yes
Entered Service At: France
G.O. Number: 45
Place / Date: Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864
Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge when she destroyed the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864. Carrying out his duties courageously, PmS. Aheam exhibited marked coolness and good conduct and was highly recommended by his divisional officer for gallantry under enemy fire.
Medal of Honor Citation: John G. B. Adams
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Organization: U.S. Army
Company: Company I
Division: 19th Massachusetts Infantry
Born: Groveland, Mass.
Departed: Yes
Date of Issue: 12/16/1896
Place / Date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862
Citation: Seized the 2 colors from the hands of a corporal and a lieutenant as they fell mortally wounded, and with a color in each hand advanced across the field to a point where the regiment was reformed on those colors.
Medal of Honor Citation: James F. Adams
Rank: Private
Organization: U.S. Army
Company: Company D
Division: 1st West Virginia Cavalry
Born: Cabell County, Va.
Place / Date: At Nineveh, Va., 12 November 1864
Citation: Capture of State flag of 14th Virginia Cavalry (C.S.A.).
Medal of Honor Citation: Henry G. Bonebrake
Rank: Lieutenant
Company: Company G
Born: Waynesboro, Pa.
Place / Date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865
Organization: U.S. Army
Division: 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Departed: Yes
Citation: As 1 of the first of Devin’s Division to enter the works, he fought in a hand-to-hand struggle with a Confederate to capture his flag by superior physical strength.
The Battle of Franklin, fought on November 30, 1864, has been considered by many to be one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War. In the course of 5 short hours, the Confederate Army of Tennessee thrust itself against a strongly entrenched Federal force under the command of John Schofield. Despite their great offensive élan and superior numbers, the Confederate forces outside of the Union main works at Franklin suffered enormous casualties.
Over 149 years ago Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army fought an epic battle against the North’s Gen. George Meade. The result of this battle shaped the course of America and affected also that the World. Regardless of which side you are partial to you have to wonder what would have happened in World War I and II if America had not been the united industrial power that it eventually became? Look inside for a moving video of a 1913 reunion of veterans of Gettysburg from both the North and South.