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Myron H. Ranney

Private Myron H. Ranney, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on August 30, 1862 at Bull Run, Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War August 30, 1862

Private Myron H. Ranney, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on August 30, 1862 at Bull Run, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company G, 13th New York Infantry. Ranney was about 16 years old.

2 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on March 23, 1895, 32 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of Corporal.

Ranney was born in 1846 in Franklinville, Cattaraugus County, New York. His Medal of Honor is credited to Dansville, Livingston County, New York. Ranney died on September 26, 1910, at the age of about 64. He is buried at I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Olympia, Washington.

Ranney is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 678 credited to New York.

★ Flags & Colors

Official Medal of Honor citation

Picked up the colors and carried them off the field after the color bearer had been shot down; was himself wounded.

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

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: Second Battle of Bull Run.

Places

  • Born: Franklinville — map
  • Died: Olympia — map
  • Buried: Odd Fellows Memorial Park and Mausoleum — map

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Timeline

  1. 1846
    Born in Franklinville, Cattaraugus County, New York
  2. August 30, 1862
    Act of valor — Bull Run, Virginia
    Age about 16. Company G, 13th New York Infantry
  3. March 23, 1895
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. September 26, 1910
    Died
    Age about 64.
  5. Resting place
    I.O.O.F. Cemetery
    Olympia, Washington

Biography

Myron H. Ranney (July 12, 1845/1846 - September 26/27, 1910) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Ranney received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor. Ranney's medal was won for his gallantry at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Virginia on August 30, 1862. He was honored with the award on March 23, 1895. Ranney was born in Franklinville, New York, entered service in Dansville, New York, and was buried in Tumwater, Washington.

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Also honored for actions on August 30, 1862

RC Richard Conner Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JW James W. Webb Private · Army Civil War · 1862

More Civil War recipients from New York

WB William P. Brownell Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1863 AB Andrew Brinn Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1863 JM James Madison Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Ovila Cayer Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Julius Dexter Rhodes Private · Army Civil War · 1862 William P. Hogarty Private · Army Civil War · 1862
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.