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First Sergeant · U.S. Army

Francis Henry Goodall

First Sergeant Francis Henry Goodall, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on December 13, 1862 in Fredericksburg, Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War December 13, 1862

First Sergeant Francis Henry Goodall was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on December 13, 1862 in Fredericksburg, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company G, 11th New Hampshire Infantry. Goodall was 24 years old.

17 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on December 14, 1894, 32 years after the action.

Goodall was born on January 10, 1838 in Bath, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Goodall died on April 12, 1925 in Takoma Park, Maryland, at the age of 87. He is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia. His medal is held by New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH.

Goodall is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 35 credited to New Hampshire.

Official Medal of Honor citation

With the assistance of another soldier brought a wounded comrade into the lines, under heavy fire.

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

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: Bath — map
  • Buried: Washington, D.C. — map

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Timeline

  1. January 10, 1838
    Born in Bath, Grafton County, New Hampshire
  2. December 13, 1862
    Act of valor — Fredericksburg, Virginia
    Age 24. Company G, 11th New Hampshire Infantry
  3. December 14, 1894
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. April 12, 1925
    Died in Takoma Park, Maryland
    Age 87.
  5. Resting place
    Rock Creek Cemetery
    Washington, District of Columbia

Biography

Francis Henry Goodall (January 10, 1838 – April 12, 1925) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Goodall was born in Bath, New Hampshire on January 10, 1838. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on December 13, 1862, while serving as a First Sergeant with Company G, 11th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, at Fredericksburg, Virginia. His Medal of Honor was issued on December 14, 1894. He died at the age of 87, on April 12, 1925, and was buried at the Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

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Also honored for actions on December 13, 1862

JA John Gregory bishop Adams Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 WB Wallace A. Beckwith Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Zenas Randall Bliss Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 JC Jacob Cart Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Charles Henry tucky Collis Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 CC Charles Dearborn Copp Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 TD Timothy Donoghue Private · Army Civil War · 1862 William P. Hogarty Private · Army Civil War · 1862 John Johnson Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JK Joseph Keene Private · Army Civil War · 1862 George Henry Maynard Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JP John Gideon Palmer Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862

See all 18 recipients for December 13, 1862 →

More Civil War recipients from New Hampshire

WW William H. Wilcox Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 GD George P. Dow Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 LW Leander A. Wilkins Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 William L. s Tabor Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Daniel Griffin George Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 WA William H. Appleton First Lieutenant · 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.