. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . Mismg. The End of the War. 429 MEDALS OF HONOR. The following members of the regiment have been grantedmedals of honor by the War Department, for gallant conductin battle: Private Wallace A. Beckwith,—Awarded February 15.1S97, action at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862 ; forgallantly responding to a call for volunteers to man a battery, j>erving with great heroism until the termination of the engagement. Lieutenant F Clarence Buck,—Awarded April 6, 1S65,act
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. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . Mismg. The End of the War. 429 MEDALS OF HONOR. The following members of the regiment have been grantedmedals of honor by the War Department, for gallant conductin battle: Private Wallace A. Beckwith,—Awarded February 15.1S97, action at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862 ; forgallantly responding to a call for volunteers to man a battery, j>erving with great heroism until the termination of the engagement. Lieutenant F Clarence Buck,—Awarded April 6, 1S65,action at Chapins Farm near Richmond, Va., September 29, 1864.Although wounded, refused to leave the field until the fight closed. Sergeant Robert A. Gray,—Awarded July 13, 1S95, actionat Drewrys Bluff, Va., May 16, 1S64. While retreating with hisregiment, which had been repulsed, he voluntarily returned in theface of a heaw fire of the enemys guns to a former position, andrescued a wounded officer of his company who was unable to walk. Captain William S. Hubbell,—Awarded June 13, 1S94,action at Fort Harrison, Va., Sep