First Lieutenant Louis Jeanottelle Sacriste, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on October 14, 1863 in Chancellorsville & Auburn, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company D, 116th Pennsylvania Infantry. Sacriste was 20 years old.
4 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on January 31, 1889, 25 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of Brevet Major.
Sacriste was born on June 15, 1843 in New Castle County, Delaware. His Medal of Honor is credited to Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Sacriste died on August 18, 1904 in La Grange, Illinois, at the age of 61. He is buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois.
Sacriste is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 380 credited to Pennsylvania.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Saved from capture a gun of the 5th Maine Battery. Voluntarily carried orders which resulted in saving from destruction or capture the picket line of the 1st Division, 2d Army Corps.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Places
- Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery — map
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Timeline
- June 15, 1843Born in New Castle County, Delaware
- October 14, 1863Act of valor — Chancellorsville & Auburn, VirginiaAge 20. Company D, 116th Pennsylvania Infantry
- January 31, 1889Medal of Honor presented
- August 18, 1904Died in La Grange, IllinoisAge 61.
- Resting placeMount Carmel CemeteryHillside, Illinois
Biography
Louis Jeanottelle Sacriste (June 15, 1843 – August 18, 1904) was a first lieutenant (also brevet major) in the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War. He was issued the medal on January 31, 1889, for actions he performed in the battles of Chancellorsville and Auburn in 1863.
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