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Army Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor Citation

Sergeant

Alonzo Woodruff

Organization: Company I, 1st US Sharpshooters

Entered Service: Ionia, Mich.

Birth: lonia, Mich.

Date Medal Issued: 29 January 1896.

Date of Action: 27 October 1864.

Place of Action: Hatchers Run, Va.

Citation

Went to the assistance of a wounded and overpowered comrade, and in a hand_to_hand encounter effected his rescue.

 

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