Corporal Chester S. Furman, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on July 2, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves. Furman was 21 years old.
27 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on August 3, 1897, 34 years after the action.
Furman was born on February 14, 1842 in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His Medal of Honor is credited to Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Furman died on July 22, 1910, at the age of 68. He is buried at Old Rosemont Cemetery in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
Furman is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 380 credited to Pennsylvania.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Was one of six volunteers who charged upon a log house near Devil's Den, where a squad of the enemy's sharpshooters were sheltered, and compelled their surrender.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
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- February 14, 1842Born in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- July 2, 1863Act of valor — Gettysburg, PennsylvaniaAge 21. Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves
- August 3, 1897Medal of Honor presented
- July 22, 1910DiedAge 68.
- Resting placeOld Rosemont CemeteryBloomsburg, Pennsylvania
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Chester S. Furman (February 14, 1842 – July 22, 1910) was an American soldier who received the Medal of Honor for valor during the American Civil War.
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