John P McVeane

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Organization:    Company D, 49th New York Infantry
Entered Service:   Buffalo, N.Y.
Birth:   Canada
Date Medal Issued:   21 September 1870

Date of Action:   4 May 1863
Place of Action:   Fredericksburg Heights [Salem Church], Va.

Citation:
Shot a Confederate color bearer and seized the flag; also approached, alone, a barn between the lines and demanded and received the surrender of a number of the enemy therein.
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More about this award: "At the battle of Salem Church on the Fredericksburg front of the Chancellorsville campaign, May 4, 1863, during a retirement, the color-bearer of the 58th Virginia Infantry was wounded and dropped the standard. For reasons unexplained, the color-guard of the regiment secured neither the color-bearer nor the colors. Both were captured by John P. McVeane, a Canadian and a Torontonian."1

Notes

1 Brooks, T. W., 49th NY Medal of Honor Recipient (John P. McVeane), Western Maryland Heritage Foundation, first accessed 21 July 2005, <http://www.wmhf.org/gow/49thny.html> [AotW citation 186]

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