DOW, GEORGE P. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company C, 7th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place and date:   Near Richmond, Va., October 1864.

Entered service at:   ?.

Birth:   Atkinson, N.H.

Date of issue:   10 May 1884.

Citation:   Gallantry while in command of his company during a reconnaissance toward Richmond.

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)