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Photographer: Don Morfe
Taken: November 27, 2010
Caption: Pvt. Michael Dougherty Marker
Additional Description: Michael Dougherty is buried in St. Mark Churchyard Cemetery, Bristol, PA. MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION-DOUGHERTY, MICHAEL Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Place and date: At Jefferson, Va., 12 October 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 10 May 1844, Ireland. Date of issue: 23 January 1897. Citation: At the head of a detachment of his company dashed across an open field, exposed to a deadly fire from the enemy, and succeeded in dislodging them from an unoccupied house, which he and his comrades defended for several hours against repeated attacks, thus preventing the enemy from flanking the position of the Union forces.
Submitted: January 14, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p231378
File Size: 1.742 Megabytes

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