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Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army

Edward M. Knox

Second Lieutenant Edward M. Knox, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on July 2, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War July 2, 1863

Second Lieutenant Edward M. Knox, 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 15th New York Battery Light Artillery. Knox 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 October 18, 1892, 29 years after the action.

Knox was born on February 12, 1842 in New York, New York. Knox died on March 28, 1916 in New York, New York, at the age of 74. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York.

Knox is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 678 credited to New York.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Held his ground with the battery after the other batteries had fallen back until compelled to draw his piece off by hand; he was severely wounded.

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

Wounds and injuries

What the citation records about his wounds:

Held his ground with the battery after the other batteries had fallen back until compelled to draw his piece off by hand; he was severely wounded.

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: New York — map
  • Died: New York City — map
  • Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. February 12, 1842
    Born in New York, New York
  2. July 2, 1863
    Act of valor — Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
    Age 21. 15th New York Battery Light Artillery
  3. October 18, 1892
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. March 28, 1916
    Died in New York, New York
    Age 74.
  5. Resting place
    Woodlawn Cemetery
    Bronx, New York

Biography

Edward M. Knox (February 12, 1842 – March 28, 1916) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Knox was born in Manhattan, New York, on February 12, 1842. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism on July 2, 1863, while serving as a Second Lieutenant with the 15th New York Battery Light Artillery, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. His Medal of Honor was issued on October 18, 1892. He died at the age of 74 on March 28, 1916, and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York.

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Also honored for actions on July 2, 1863

Nathaniel M. Allen Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 CC Casper R. Carlisle Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 Harrison Clark Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 John Barclay Fassett Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 Chester S. Furman Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 RG Richard J. Gage Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JH John William Hart Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 LH Lemuel F. Holland Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 TH Thomas Horan Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 GH George L. Houghton Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WJ Wallace W. Johnson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863

See all 28 recipients for July 2, 1863 →

More Civil War recipients from New York

TM Thomas Meagher First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 CR Charles Read Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 MM Michael Madden Private · Army Civil War · 1861 JK Joseph Keene Private · Army Civil War · 1862 HS Hendrick Sharp Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 EB E. Michael Burk Private · Army Civil War · 1864
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata and Wikipedia. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.