13th Cavalry Regiment
Medal of Honor Recipients
DANIEL CALDWELL
Sergeant, Company H, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Entered service at:------. Born: 1 June 1842, Marble Hill, Montgomery County, Pa.
Citation: In a mounted charge, dashed into center of the enemy's line and captured the colors of the 33rd North Carolina Infantry at Hatchers Run, Va., 6 February 1865.
Date of issue: 25 February 1865.
MICHAEL DOUGHERTY
Private, Company B, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 10 May 1844, Ireland.
Citation: At Jefferson, Va., 12 October 1863. At the head of a detachment of his company dashed across an open field, exposed to a deadly fire from the enemy, and succeeded in dislodging them from an unoccupied house, which he and his comrades defended for several hours against repeated attacks, thus preventing the enemy from flanking the position of the Union forces.
Date of issue: 23 January 1897
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