1st Cavalry Regiment

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

JOHN A. DAVIDSIZER

Sergeant, Company A, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry. Entered service at: Lewiston, Pa. Birth: Milford, Pa.

Date of issue: 3 May 1865.

Citation: Capture of flag at Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865.

Date of issue: 3 May 1865

 

ALEXANDER ELLIOTT

Sergeant, Company A, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry. Entered service at: North Sewickley, Pa. Birth: Beaver County, Pa.

Citation: Capture of flag at Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865.

Date of issue: 3 May 1865

 

CHARLES HIGBY

Private, Company F, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry. Entered service at: New Brighton, Pa. Birth: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Citation: Capture of flag during Appomattox Campaign, Va., 29 March to 9 April 1865.

Date of issue: 3 May 1865.

 

JAMES P. LANDIS

Chief Bugler, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Mifflin County, Pa.

Citation: Capture of flag at Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865.

Date of issue: 3 May 1865

 

HAMPTON S. THOMAS

Major, 1st Pennsylvania Veteran Cavalry. Place and date: At Amelia Springs, Va., 5 April 1865. Entered service at: Pennsylvania. Born: 3 November 1837, Quakertown, Bucks County, Pa. Date of issue: 15 January 1894.

Citation:  Conspicuous gallantry in the capture of a field battery and a number of battle flags and in the destruction of the enemy's wagon train. Maj. Thomas lost a leg in this action.

 

HENRY C. WARFEL

Private, Company A, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Huntington, Pa.

Citation: Capture of Virginia State Colors at Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865.

Date of issue: 3 May 1865

 

ANDREW J. YOUNG

Sergeant, Company F, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry. Entered service at: Carmichaelstown, Pa. Birth: Greene County, Pa.

Citation: Capture of flag at Paines Crossroads, Va., 5 April 1865.

Date of issue: 3 May 1865

Source: The U.S. Army Center of Military History.

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