Abraham Greenawalt Explained

Abraham Greenawalt
Birth Date:	1834
Death Date:	October 27,
Birth Place:	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Placeofburial:	Alliance, Ohio
Placeofburial Label:	Place of burial
Allegiance:	United States of America Union
Branch:	United States Army Union Army
Serviceyears:	1862-1865
Rank:	Private
Unit:	Company G, 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Battles:	American Civil War Second Battle of Franklin
Awards:	Medal of Honor

Abraham Greenawalt (1834 – October 27, 1922) was a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He earned the Medal of Honor for the capture of a Confederate corps headquarters flag at the Second Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, on November 30, 1864.

Abraham Greenawalt is buried in Alliance, Ohio. The Greenawalt family were members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 104th Ohio Infantry
Place and date: At Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864
Entered service at: Salem, Ohio
Birth: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Date of issue: February 13, 1865

Citation:

Capture of corps headquarters flag (C.S.A.).^[1]

References

Book: Bentley, William Garrigues. Barbara Bentley Smith. Nina Bentley Baker. Burning Rails As We Pleased: The Civil War Letters of William Garrigues Bentley, 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. McFarland & Company. 2004. Jefferson, NC. 226. en. 9780786416592. 53183450.
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Book: Ohio Roster Commission . 87th - 108th Regiments-Infantry . The Ohio Valley Press . Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861 - 1865. VII. 1888. Cincinnati, OH. 814 . 2027/uiug.30112047586034?urlappend=%3Bseq=559 . 633556.
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Book: Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Edward M Kennedy, Chairman. Medal of Honor, 1863-1968 : "In the Name of the Congress of the United States". U.S. Government Printing Office. Committee print (United States. Congress), 90th Congress, 2nd session. 1968. Washington DC. 1087. 1049691780.
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Web site: Sightline Media Group. 2020. Hall of Valor: The Military Medals Database. The Hall of Valor Project. 19 May 2020. .
Web site: VCOnline . 2020 . MOHs - victoriacross . THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE VICTORIA & GEORGE CROSS . 2 May 2020 . . 3 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200503163659/http://www.vconline.org.uk/mohs/4589918581 . dead .
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External links

Notes and References

Web site: Civil War Medal of Honor recipients (A-L) . . 2008-10-11 . Medal of Honor recipients. https://web.archive.org/web/20081018141127/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html. 18 October 2008 . live.