DODDS, EDWARD E. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company C, 21st New York Cavalry. Place and date: At Ashbys Gap, Va., 19 July 1864.

Entered service at:   Rochester, N.Y.

Birth:   Canada.

Date of issue:   11 June 1896.

Citation:   At great personal risk rescued his wounded captain and carried him from the field to a place 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)