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Charles Wesley Rundle

Private Charles Wesley Rundle, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on May 22, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War May 22, 1863

Private Charles Wesley Rundle was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on May 22, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company A, 116th Illinois Infantry. Rundle was 20 years old.

99 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on July 26, 1894, 31 years after the action.

Rundle was born on December 14, 1842 in Covington, Campbell County, Kentucky. His Medal of Honor is credited to Oakley, Macon County, Illinois. Rundle died on July 11, 1924 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 81. He is buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. His medal is held by Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, MI.

Rundle is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 210 credited to Illinois.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

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

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: Cincinnati — map
  • Died: California — map
  • Buried: Los Angeles National Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. December 14, 1842
    Born in Covington, Campbell County, Kentucky
  2. May 22, 1863
    Act of valor — Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Age 20. Company A, 116th Illinois Infantry
  3. July 26, 1894
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. July 11, 1924
    Died in Los Angeles, California
    Age 81.
  5. Resting place
    Los Angeles National Cemetery
    Los Angeles, California

Biography

Charles W. Rundle (December 14, 1842 – July 11, 1924) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Siege of Vicksburg. He was born in Kentucky and fought on the side of the Union during the American Civil War. While fighting in Vicksburg he, along with 149 others charged the Confederate fortification called the Stockade Redan, which guarded the Graveyard Road approach to the city. These men were to fill in the ditch in front of the work and carried only debris, planks, and ladders as they charged.

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Also honored for actions on May 22, 1863

CA Christian Albert Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WA William J. Archinal Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 CA Clinton Lycurgus Armstrong Private · Army Civil War · 1863 DA David Ayers Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JA John G. k Ayers Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William H. Barringer Private · Army Civil War · 1863 MB Matthew Bickford Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 TB Thomas A. Blasdel Private · Army Civil War · 1863 EB Emmer Bowen Private · Army Civil War · 1863 UB Uriah H. Brown Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William P. Brownell Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1863 JB John C. Buckley Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863

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More Civil War recipients from Illinois

John S. Darrough Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 TP Thomas H. l Payne First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 JV James David Vernay Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William Wallace Burritt Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JM John Wade McDonald Private · Army Civil War · 1862 RG Richard J. Gage Private · Army Civil War · 1863
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