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Private · U.S. Army

Albert Power

Private Albert Power, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on March 7, 1862 at Pea Ridge, Arkansas during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War March 7, 1862

Private Albert Power was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on March 7, 1862 at Pea Ridge, Arkansas during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company A, 3d Iowa Cavalry. Power was 19 years old.

3 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on March 6, 1899, 36 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of First Sergeant.

Power was born on June 18, 1842 in Liberty, Guernsey County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa. Power died on April 26, 1923 in Bloomfield, Iowa, at the age of 80. He is buried at I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Bloomfield, Iowa. His medal is held by Davis County Historical Society, Bloomfield, IA.

Power is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 55 credited to Iowa.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Under a heavy fire and at great personal risk went to the aid of a dismounted comrade who was surrounded by the enemy, took him up on his own horse, and carried him to a place of safety.

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

Timeline

  1. June 18, 1842
    Born in Liberty, Guernsey County, Ohio
  2. March 7, 1862
    Act of valor — Pea Ridge, Arkansas
    Age 19. Company A, 3d Iowa Cavalry
  3. March 6, 1899
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. April 26, 1923
    Died in Bloomfield, Iowa
    Age 80.
  5. Resting place
    I.O.O.F. Cemetery
    Bloomfield, Iowa

Also honored for actions on March 7, 1862

WB William Perkins Black Captain · Army Civil War · 1862 Eugene Asa Carr Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 Francis Jay Herron Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862

More Civil War recipients from Iowa

NF Nicholas Fanning Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Nicholas S. Bouquet Private · Army Civil War · 1861 Edward James Bebb Private · Army Civil War · 1865 WM William B. Mayes Private · Army Civil War · 1864 James Alexander Williamson Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 JH James Hill First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.