Marshall Sherman

Marshall Sherman (c. 1823 – April 19, 1896) was an American soldier who fought with the Union Army in the American Civil War. Sherman received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for actions taken on July 3, 1863, during the Battle of Gettysburg.

Early life Sherman was born in Burlington, Vermont, in about 1823, and in 1849 moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory, in search of work as a painter. At the outset of the Civil War, at the age of 37, Sherman mustered into the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Regiment.

Civil War service The 1st Minnesota was the very first group of volunteers the Union Army received at the beginning of the Civil War. Fabled for taking part in almost every major engagement in the eastern theater of the war, Sherman was therefore involved in many battles during his three-year enlistment. though stories of how he came to attain it differ.

According to Sherman's own reports following the war, he ran down the enemy flag bearer and forced him to hand over the flag on threat of death. Sherman then took the flag and the enemy as prisoner.

Later years Sherman had no apparent descendants, and very little of his life is known. He died in 1896, and the banner that he captured was displayed at his funeral. It eventually was added to the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society. He was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Saint Paul, Minnesota.