BELCHER, THOMAS - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Private, Company I, 9th Maine Infantry. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864.

Entered service at:   Bangor, Maine.

Birth:   Bangor, Maine.

Date of issue:   6 April 1865.

Citation:   Took a guidon from the hands of the bearer, mortally wounded, and advanced with it nearer to the battery than any other man.

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)