Rank Private Awards Medal of Honor Battles/wars American Civil War | Name Nathan Hallock Died March 21, 1903 | |
Born August 23, 1844
Mount Hope, New York ( 1844-08-23 ) Buried at Middletown, Orange County, New York Allegiance United States of America Place of burial Middletown, New York, United States Unit 124th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment | ||
Service/branch United States Army Battles and wars American Civil War | ||
Nathan Mullock Hallock (August 23, 1844 - March 21, 1903) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Hallock was born in Mount Hope, New York on August 23, 1844. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on June 15, 1863, while serving as a Private with Company K, 124th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, at Bristoe Station, Virginia. His Medal of Honor was issued on September 10, 1897.
Hallock died at the age of 58, on March 21, 1903 and was buried at Hillside Cemetery in Middletown, Orange County, New York.
Medal of Honor citation
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Nathan Mullock Hallock, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 15 June 1863, while serving with Company K, 124th New York Infantry, in action at Bristoe Station, Virginia. At imminent peril Private Hallock saved from death or capture a disabled officer of his company by carrying him under a hot musketry fire, to a place of safety.