The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

 

BEDDOWS, RICHARD

Rank and Organization: Private, 34th New York Battery. Place and Date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 18 May 1864. Birth: England. Date of Issue: 10 July 1896.

Citation:

Brought his guidon off in safety under a heavy fire of musketry after he had lost it by his horse becoming furious from the bursting of a shell.

 

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