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Abraham Greenawalt

Private Abraham Greenawalt, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on November 30, 1864 in Franklin, Tennessee during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War November 30, 1864

Private Abraham Greenawalt was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on November 30, 1864 in Franklin, Tennessee during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company G, 104th Ohio Infantry. Greenawalt was about 30 years old.

13 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on February 13, 1865.

Greenawalt was born in 1834 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. His Medal of Honor is credited to Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. Greenawalt died on October 27, 1922, at the age of about 88. He is buried at City Cemetery in Alliance, Ohio. His medal is held by Alliance Historical Society, Alliance, OH.

Greenawalt is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 256 credited to Ohio.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Capture of corps headquarters flag (C.S.A.).

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: Montgomery County — map
  • Buried: Alliance — map

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Timeline

  1. 1834
    Born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
  2. November 30, 1864
    Act of valor — Franklin, Tennessee
    Age about 30. Company G, 104th Ohio Infantry
  3. February 13, 1865
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. October 27, 1922
    Died
    Age about 88.
  5. Resting place
    City Cemetery
    Alliance, Ohio

Biography

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.

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Also honored for actions on November 30, 1864

OB Orson W. Bennett First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 JB John Harties Brown Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Thomas Foulds Ellsworth Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 JG John C. Gaunt Private · Army Civil War · 1864 GG George Edward Gouraud Captain & Aide-de-Camp · Army Civil War · 1864 NH Newton H. Hall Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 George V. Kelley Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 JM James K. Merrifield Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 AR Alfred Ransbottom First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JR John Henry Ricksecker Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Andrew Jackson Smith Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ David Sloane Stanley Major General · Army Civil War · 1864

See all 14 recipients for November 30, 1864 →

More Civil War recipients from Ohio

Joseph Davis Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 Jacob Parrott Private · Army Civil War · 1862 WR William R. Richardson Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JV Joseph van Matre Private · Army Civil War · 1865 William Henry harrison Reddick Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 FD Freeman Davis Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata and Wikipedia. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.