2. Which Medal of Honor recipient is described? • Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry • Place and date: At Fort Wagner, South Carolina, 18 July 1863 • Entered service at: New Bedford, Massachusetts • Birth: Norfolk, Virginia • Date of issue: 23 May 1900 • Citation: When the color sergeant was shot down, this soldier grasped the flag, led the way to the parapet, and planted the colors thereon. When the troops fell back he brought off the flag, under a fierce fire in which he was twice severely wounded. Eugene Beaumont william Carney Philip Bazaar Alexander Webb CLEAR ALL -Archive of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society O O OO

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2. Which Medal of Honor recipient is described?
• Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 54th Massachusetts
Colored Infantry
• Place and date: At Fort Wagner, South Carolina, 18 July 1863
• Entered service at: New Bedford, Massachusetts
• Birth: Norfolk, Virginia
• Date of issue: 23 May 1900
• Citation: When the color sergeant was shot down, this soldier
Eugene Beaumont
william Carney
Philip Bazaar
grasped the flag, led the way to the parapet, and planted the colors
thereon. When the troops fell back he brought off the flag, under a fierce
fire in which he was twice severely wounded.
Alexander Webb
CLEAR ALL
-Archive of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Transcribed Image Text:2. Which Medal of Honor recipient is described? • Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry • Place and date: At Fort Wagner, South Carolina, 18 July 1863 • Entered service at: New Bedford, Massachusetts • Birth: Norfolk, Virginia • Date of issue: 23 May 1900 • Citation: When the color sergeant was shot down, this soldier Eugene Beaumont william Carney Philip Bazaar grasped the flag, led the way to the parapet, and planted the colors thereon. When the troops fell back he brought off the flag, under a fierce fire in which he was twice severely wounded. Alexander Webb CLEAR ALL -Archive of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society
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