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Edward Hill (Medal of Honor)

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Rank and organization: Captain, Company K, 1 6th Michigan Infantry. Place and date: At Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864. Entered service at: Detroit, Mich. Birth: Liberty, N.Y. Date of issue: December 4, 1893.
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Led the brigade skirmish line in a desperate charge on the enemy's masked batteries to the muzzles of the guns, where he was severely wounded.
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Hill survived and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was awarded the Medal of Honor on December 4, 1893.
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American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
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Liberty, New York
Fredericksburg National Cemetery
Fredericksburg, Virginia
United States of America
Union
United States Army
Union Army
Lieutenant Colonel
Michigan
16th Michigan Infantry
American Civil War
Medal of Honor
United States Army
American Civil War
Medal of Honor
Liberty, New York
16th Michigan Infantry
Battle of Cold Harbor
Fredericksburg National Cemetery
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Biography portal
American Civil War portal
List of Medal of Honor recipients
List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: G–L
"Civil War Medal of Honor recipients (A-L)"
United States Army Center of Military History
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Edward Hill
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