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Private · U.S. Army

Orrin Bennett

Private Orrin Bennett, 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

Private Orrin Bennett, 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 D, 141st Pennsylvania Infantry. Bennett was about 28 years old.

59 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on May 10, 1865.

Bennett was born in 1837 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. His Medal of Honor is credited to Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

Bennett is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 380 credited to Pennsylvania.

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Official Medal of Honor citation

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

Timeline

  1. 1837
    Born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania
  2. April 6, 1865
    Act of valor — Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia
    Age about 28. Company D, 141st Pennsylvania Infantry
  3. May 10, 1865
    Medal of Honor presented

Also honored for actions on April 6, 1865

JB John Francis Benjamin Corporal · 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 WD Warren C. Dockum Private · Army Civil War · 1865

See all 60 recipients for April 6, 1865 →

More Civil War recipients from Pennsylvania

JR John Rannahan Corporal · Marine Corps Civil War · 1865 Thomas R. Hawkins Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1864 GP George Crawford Platt Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WL William Edman Leonard Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Matthew Stanley Quay Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 Francis Jay Herron Lieutenant Colonel · 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.