Captain Edwin F. Savacool was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on April 6, 1865 at Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company K, 1st New York (Lincoln) Cavalry. Savacool was about 23 years old.
59 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on April 24, 1865.
Savacool was born in 1842 in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan. His Medal of Honor is credited to Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan. Savacool died on June 5, 1865 in Washington, District of Columbia, at the age of about 23. He is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan.
Savacool is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 112 credited to Michigan.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Capture of flag, during which he was wounded and died several days later in Washington, D.C.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Wounds and injuries
What the citation records about his wounds:
Capture of flag, during which he was wounded and died several days later in Washington, D.C.
- Age at death: about 23
- Resting place: Elmwood Cemetery
Timeline
- 1842Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan
- April 6, 1865Act of valor — Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), VirginiaAge about 23. Company K, 1st New York (Lincoln) Cavalry
- April 24, 1865Medal of Honor presented
- June 5, 1865Died in Washington, District of ColumbiaAge about 23.
- Resting placeElmwood CemeteryDetroit, Michigan
