Medal of Honor Recipient: Sergeant Henry Fox
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 106th
Illinois Infantry. Place and date: Near Jackson ,
Tenn. 23 December 1862 . Entered service at:
Lincoln , Ill. Germany 16 May 1899 .
Citation: When his command was surrounded by a greatly superior force, voluntarily left the shelter of the breastworks, crossed an open railway trestle under a concentrated fire from the enemy, made his way out and secured reinforcements for the relief of his command.
Citation: When his command was surrounded by a greatly superior force, voluntarily left the shelter of the breastworks, crossed an open railway trestle under a concentrated fire from the enemy, made his way out and secured reinforcements for the relief of his command.
posted by Poison Pero | 11/24/2013
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