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Abraham Greenawalt

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Years of service
  
1862-1865

Awards
  
Medal of Honor

Died
  
October 27, 1922


Name
  
Abraham Greenawalt

Rank
  
Private

Abraham Greenawalt Abraham Greenawalt 1834 1922 Find A Grave Memorial

Allegiance
  
United States of AmericaUnion

Battles/wars
  
American Civil War • Second Battle of Franklin

Place of burial
  
Alliance, Ohio, United States

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Service/branch
  
United States Army, Union Army

Battles and wars
  
American Civil War

Abraham Greenawalt (1834 – October 27, 1922) was a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He earned the Medal of Honor for the capture of a Confederate corps headquarters flag at the Second Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, on November 30, 1864.

Medal of Honor citation

  • Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 104th Ohio Infantry
  • Place and date: At Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864
  • Entered service at: Salem, Ohio
  • Birth: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
  • Date of issue: February 13, 1865

    • Citation:

    Capture of corps headquarters flag (C.S.A.).

    References

    Abraham Greenawalt Wikipedia
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