ANDERSON, BRUCE - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Private, Company K, 142d New York Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Fisher, N.C., 15 January 1865.

Entered service at:   Ephratah, N.Y. Born: Mexico, Oswego County, N.Y., 9 June 1845.

Date of issue:   28 December 1914.

Citation:   Voluntarily advanced with the head of the column and cut down the palisading.

This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)