Francis B. Hall
American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
About Francis B. Hall
Lived 1827 – 1903 (aged 75). Francis B. Hall was an American.
Francis Bloodgood Hall (November 16, 1827 – October 4, 1903) was an American Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Hall was born in New York on November 16, 1827, and entered service at Plattsburgh, New York in October 1862. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on May 3, 1863, at the Battle of Salem Church, while serving as a Chaplain with the 16th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He mustered out with his regiment a few weeks later. His Medal of Honor was issued on February 16, 1897.
Hall died at the age of 75, on October 4, 1903, and was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Plattsburgh, New York.
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American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
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Francis B. Hall was born on 16 November 1827 in New York.
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Francis B. Hall died on 4 October 1903.
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