[ Medal of Honor Citation ] First Lieutenant George W Hooker [more about him] Organization:    Company E, 4th Vermont Infantry Entered Service:   Boston, Mass. Birth:   Salem, N.Y. Date Medal Issued:   17 September 1891. Date of Action:   14 September 1862. Place of Action:   Crampton's Gap (cited as South Mountain), Md. Citation: Rode alone, in advance of his regiment, into the enemy's lines, and before his own men came up received the surrender of the major of a Confederate regiment, together with the colors and 116 men. (more about this award below)

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