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Edwin Michael Neville

Captain Edwin Michael Neville, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on April 6, 1865 at Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War April 6, 1865

Captain Edwin Michael Neville, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on April 6, 1865 at Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company C, 1st Connecticut Cavalry. Neville was 22 years old.

59 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day.

Neville was born on January 27, 1843 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut. Neville died on October 4, 1886 in Waterbury, Connecticut, at the age of 43. He is buried at Old St in Joseph's Cemetery, Connecticut.

Neville is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 57 credited to Connecticut.

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Official Medal of Honor citation

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

Timeline

  1. January 27, 1843
    Born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
  2. April 6, 1865
    Act of valor — Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia
    Age 22. Company C, 1st Connecticut Cavalry
  3. October 4, 1886
    Died in Waterbury, Connecticut
    Age 43.
  4. Resting place
    Old St
    Joseph's Cemetery, Connecticut

Also honored for actions on April 6, 1865

JB John Francis Benjamin Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 OB Orrin Bennett Private · Army Civil War · 1865 HB Hugh Patterson Boon Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 Lewis Francis Brest Private · Army Civil War · 1865 AB Andrew Bringle Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 IC Ivers S. Calkin First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JC John Chapman Private · Army Civil War · 1865 AC Albert Adams Clapp First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 TC Trustrim Connell Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 FC Francis Marion Cunningham First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Thomas Ward Custer Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 TD Thomas Davis Private · Army Civil War · 1865

See all 60 recipients for April 6, 1865 →

More Civil War recipients from Connecticut

RW Robert Wright Private · Army Civil War · 1864 DB Daniel Webster Burke First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 WH William Stone Hubbell Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 William B. Hincks Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1863 John Calvin Curtis Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1862 JP John Gideon Palmer Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862
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.