Sergeant Alphonso M. Lunt, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on September 19, 1864 at Opequan Creek, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company F, 38th Massachusetts Infantry. Lunt was 27 years old.
14 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on May 10, 1894, 29 years after the action.
Lunt was born on September 6, 1837 in Berwick, York County, Maine. His Medal of Honor is credited to Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Lunt died on December 18, 1917 in Johnson City, Tennessee, at the age of 80. He is buried at Cambridge Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Lunt is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 265 credited to Massachusetts.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Carried his flag to the most advanced position where, left almost alone close to the enemy's lines, he refused their demand to surrender, withdrew at great personal peril, and saved his flag.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: American Civil War.
Places
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Timeline
- September 6, 1837Born in Berwick, York County, Maine
- September 19, 1864Act of valor — Opequan Creek, VirginiaAge 27. Company F, 38th Massachusetts Infantry
- May 10, 1894Medal of Honor presented
- December 18, 1917Died in Johnson City, TennesseeAge 80.
- Resting placeCambridge CemeteryCambridge, Massachusetts
Biography
Alphonso Lunt (September 6, 1837 – December 18, 1917) was a sergeant in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions at the First Battle of Lexington during the American Civil War.
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