BRUNER, LOUIS J. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Private, Company H, 5th Indiana Cavalry. Place and date: At Walkers Ford, Tenn., 2 December 1863.

Entered service at:   Clifty Brumer, Ind.

Birth:   Monroe County, Ind.

Date of issue:   9 March 1896.

Citation:   Voluntarily passed through the enemy's lines under fire and conveyed to a battalion, then in a perilous position and liable to capture, information which enabled it to reach a point of safety.

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)