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Sergeant · U.S. Army

Richard Boury

Sergeant Richard Boury, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on March 5, 1865 in Charlottesville, Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War March 5, 1865

Sergeant Richard Boury, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on March 5, 1865 in Charlottesville, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company G, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Boury was about 29 years old.

4 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on March 25, 1865.

Boury was born in 1836 in Monroe County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Wirt Courthouse, West Virginia. Boury died on July 5, 1914 in Parkerburg, West Virginia, at the age of about 78. He is buried at Parkersburg Memorial Cemetery in Parkerburg, West Virginia. Records also list him as Bowry, Richard.

Boury is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 45 credited to West Virginia.

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Official Medal of Honor citation

Capture of flag.

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

Timeline

  1. 1836
    Born in Monroe County, Ohio
  2. March 5, 1865
    Act of valor — Charlottesville, Virginia
    Age about 29. Company G, 1st West Virginia Cavalry
  3. March 25, 1865
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. July 5, 1914
    Died in Parkerburg, West Virginia
    Age about 78.
  5. Resting place
    Parkersburg Memorial Cemetery
    Parkerburg, West Virginia

Also honored for actions on March 5, 1865

JL John S. Lann Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1865 JM John Mack Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 GS George Schutt Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1865 TS Thomas Smith Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865

More Civil War recipients from West Virginia

AW Adam White Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 JE John N. Eckes Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Charles A. Reeder Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Emisire Shahan Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 JC Josiah M. Curtis Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 JB John C. Buckley Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863
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.