BATES, DELAVAN - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Colonel, 30th U.S. Colored Troops. Place and date: At Cemetery Hill, Va., 30 July 1864.

Entered service at:   Oswego County, N.Y. Born: 1840, Schoharie County, N.Y.

Date of issue:   22 June 1891.

Citation:   Gallantry in action where he fell, shot through the face, at the head of his regiment.

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)