Sergeant

Robert John Coffey

Organization: Company K, 4th Vermont Infantry

Entered Service: Montpelier, Vt.

Birth: Nova Scotia

Date Medal Issued: 13 May 1892

Date of Action: 4 May 1863.

Place of Action: Banks Ford, Va

Citation

Single-handedly captured 2 officers and 5 privates of the 8th Louisiana Regiment (C.S.A.).