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First Sergeant · U.S. Army

Bernard A. Strausburgh

First Sergeant Bernard A. Strausburgh, Army, received the Medal of Honor posthumously for actions on June 17, 1864 in Petersburg, Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War June 17, 1864Posthumous

First Sergeant Bernard A. Strausburgh was a soldier in the U.S. Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions on June 17, 1864 in Petersburg, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company A, 3d Maryland Infantry. Strausburgh was about 33 years old.

12 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on December 1, 1864.

Strausburgh was born in 1831 in Adams County, Pennsylvania. His Medal of Honor is credited to Warfordsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. Strausburgh died on November 5, 1864 in Beverly, New Jersey, at the age of about 33. He is buried at Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly, New Jersey. Records also list him as Strausbaugh, Bernard A..

Strausburgh is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 380 credited to Pennsylvania.

★ Flags & Colors

Official Medal of Honor citation

Recaptured the colors of 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Artillery.

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

Timeline

  1. 1831
    Born in Adams County, Pennsylvania
  2. June 17, 1864
    Act of valor — Petersburg, Virginia
    Age about 33. Company A, 3d Maryland Infantry
  3. November 5, 1864
    Died in Beverly, New Jersey
    Age about 33.
  4. December 1, 1864
    Medal of Honor presented posthumously
  5. Resting place
    Beverly National Cemetery
    Beverly, New Jersey

Also honored for actions on June 17, 1864

JB John Brosnan Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 HC Henry Flint Chandler Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 William Donaldson Dickey Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 JH John H. Harbourne Private · Army Civil War · 1864 HM Henry Coddington Meyer Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 PM Patrick H. Monaghan Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 Francis Morrison Private · Army Civil War · 1864 George H. Plowman Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1864 Robert Alexander Reid Private · Army Civil War · 1864 HR Henry Walker Rowe Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JW John H. Wageman Private · Army Civil War · 1864 BY Benjamin F. Young Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864

More Civil War recipients from Pennsylvania

Daniel P. Reigle Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 CC Cecil Clay Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Jacob E. Swap Private · Army Civil War · 1864 CB Charles H. Baldwin Coal Heaver · Navy Civil War · 1864 FB Francis A. Bishop Private · Army Civil War · 1864 FH Franklin Hogan Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864
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.