Abraham Greenawalt
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
About Abraham Greenawalt
Lived 1834 – 1922 (aged 87–88). Abraham Greenawalt was an American.
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.
Abraham Greenawalt is buried in Alliance, Ohio. The Greenawalt family were members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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.).
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Who was Abraham Greenawalt?
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1834–1922)
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Abraham Greenawalt was born in 1834 in Montgomery County.
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Abraham Greenawalt died on 27 October 1922.
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Abraham Greenawalt was American.
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