john, whitmore, medal, honor, john, whitmore, july, 1844, february, 1918, american, soldier, american, civil, recipient, medal, honor, biography, editwhitmore, born, brown, county, illinois, july, 1844, joined, 119th, illinois, infantry, regiment, company, fou. John Whitmore July 3 1844 February 26 1918 was an American soldier in the American Civil War and recipient of the Medal of Honor Biography editWhitmore was born in Brown County Illinois on July 3 1844 He joined the 119th Illinois Infantry Regiment in Company F and fought as a Private 1 He earned his medal on Apr 9 1865 at the Battle of Fort Blakely Alabama 2 He died on February 26 1918 in New London Iowa 3 Medal of Honor Citation editFor extraordinary heroism on 9 April 1865 in action at Fort Blakely Alabama for capture of flag 4 References edit Iowa Civil War Monuments www iowacivilwarmonuments com Retrieved 2021 05 28 John W Whitmore U S Civil War U S Army Medal of Honor Recipient Congressional Medal of Honor Society Retrieved 2021 05 28 John W Whitmore victoriacross www vconline org uk Retrieved 2021 05 28 John Whitmore Recipient valor militarytimes com Retrieved 2021 05 28 nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the United States military is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Whitmore Medal of Honor amp oldid 1026910236, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
