Herbert E. Farnsworth

1834 – 1908

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Herbert E. Farnsworth served the U.S. Army. Herbert was 73 years old.

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Medal of Honor Recipient Herbert E. Farnsworth

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U.S. Army

Medal of Honor

11 June 1864 · At Trevilian Station, Va. · Sergeant Major, 10th New York Cavalry.

Voluntarily carried a message which stopped the firing of a Union battery into his regiment, in which service he crossed a ridge in plain view and swept by the fire of both armies.

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Medal of Honor - Army June 11, 1864 · At Trevilian Station, Va. · Sergeant Major, 10th New York Cavalry.

Voluntarily carried a message which stopped the firing of a Union battery into his regiment, in which service he crossed a ridge in plain view and swept by the fire of both armies.

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