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Frederick Rock

Private Frederick Rock, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on May 22, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War May 22, 1863Born in Germany

Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Private Frederick Rock received the Medal of Honor for his actions on May 22, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company A, 37th Ohio Infantry. Rock was about 23 years old.

99 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on August 10, 1894, 31 years after the action.

Rock was born in 1840 in Darmstadt, Germany — one of 130 recipients born in Germany. His Medal of Honor is credited to Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Rock died on November 7, 1924 in Tampa, Florida, at the age of about 84. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Tampa, Florida.

Rock is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 256 credited to Ohio.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

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

Places

  • Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. 1840
    Born in Darmstadt, Germany
  2. May 22, 1863
    Act of valor — Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Age about 23. Company A, 37th Ohio Infantry
  3. August 10, 1894
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. November 7, 1924
    Died in Tampa, Florida
    Age about 84.
  5. Resting place
    Woodlawn Cemetery
    Tampa, Florida

Biography

Frederick Rock (15 February 1840 - 7 November 1924) was a private in the United States Army who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War. He was awarded the medal on 10 August 1894 for actions performed at the Siege of Vicksburg on 22 May 1863.

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Also honored for actions on May 22, 1863

CA Christian Albert Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WA William J. Archinal Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 CA Clinton Lycurgus Armstrong Private · Army Civil War · 1863 DA David Ayers Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JA John G. k Ayers Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William H. Barringer Private · Army Civil War · 1863 MB Matthew Bickford Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 TB Thomas A. Blasdel Private · Army Civil War · 1863 EB Emmer Bowen Private · Army Civil War · 1863 UB Uriah H. Brown Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William P. Brownell Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1863 JB John C. Buckley Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863

See all 100 recipients for May 22, 1863 →

More Civil War recipients from Ohio

AR Alfred Ransbottom First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Henry S. Finkenbiner Private · Army Civil War · 1865 WB William Bensinger Private · Army Civil War · 1862 WG William Garrett Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 MM Martin McHugh Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1863 William Wallace Cranston Private · Army Civil War · 1863
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.