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Medal of Honor Recipient - WOODBURY, ERI D.

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Back to:   Civil War Medal of Honor Index   General Index

    Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company E, 1st Vermont Cavalry. Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864.

    Entered service at:   St. Johnsbury, Vt.

    Birth:   Francistown, N.H.

    Date of issue:   26 October 1864.

    Citation:   During the regiment's charge when the enemy was in retreat Sgt. Woodbury encountered 4 Confederate infantrymen retreating. He drew his saber and ordered them to surrender, overcoming by his determined actions their willingness to further resist. They surrendered to him together with their rifles and 12th North Carolina (C.S.A.) regimental flag.

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