[ Medal of Honor Citation ] Sergeant Sylvester D Rhodes Organization:    Company D, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry Entered Service:   Wilkes_Barre, Pa. Birth:   Plains, Pa. Date Medal Issued:   16 February 1897. Date of Action:   22 September 1864. Place of Action:   Fishers Hill, Va. Citation: Was on the skirmish line which drove the enemy from the first entrenchment and was the first man to enter the breastworks, capturing one of the guns and turning it upon the enemy.

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