BENEDICT, GEORGE G. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Second Lieutenant, Company C, 12th Vermont Infantry.
Place and date:   At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863.

Entered service at:   Burlington, Vt.

Birth:   Burlington, Vt.

Date of issue:   27 June 1892.

Citation:   Passed through a murderous fire of grape and canister in delivering orders and re-formed the crowded lines.

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)