ANDERSON, EVERETT W. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company M, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and date:   At Crosbys Creek, Tenn., 14 January 1864. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa.

Birth:   Louisiana.

Date of issue:   3 December 1894.

Citation:   Captured, single-handed, Confederate Brig. Gen. Robert B. Vance during a charge upon the enemy.

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)