DEANE, JOHN M. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Major, 29th Massachusetts Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Stedman, Va., 25 March 1865.

Entered service at:   ?. Born: 8 January 1840, Freetown, Mass.

Date of issue:   8 March 1895.

Citation:   This officer, observing an abandoned gun within Fort Haskell, called for volunteers, and under a heavy fire, worked the gun until the enemy's advancing line was routed.

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)