Henry Sartwell
United States Army sergeant
About Henry Sartwell
Lived 1837 – 1910 (aged 72).
Henry Sartwell (7 March 1837 – 26 February 1910) was a sergeant in the United States Army who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War. Sartwell was awarded the medal on 17 November 1896 for actions performed at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia on 3 May 1863.
Personal life Sartwell was born on 7 March 1837 in Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York. He married Esther Fish Sartwell and fathered one son, George W. Sartwell, who died in 1863. He died in Fort Ann, Washington County, New York on 26 February 1910 and was buried in Fish Hill Cemetery in Fort Ann.
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United States Army sergeant
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Henry Sartwell was born on 7 March 1837.
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Henry Sartwell died on 26 February 1910.
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