BOODY, ROBERT
Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company B, 40th New York Infantry. Place and
Date: At Williamsburg, Va., 5 May 1862. At Chancellorsville, Va., 2 May 1863. Entered
Service At: Amesbury, Mass. Birth: Lemington, Maine. Date of Issue: 8
July 1896.
Citation:
This soldier, at Williamsburg, Va., then a corporal, at great personal risk,
voluntarily saved the lives of and brought from the battlefield 2 wounded comrades. A year
later, at Chancellorsville, voluntarily, and at great personal risk, brought from the
field of battle and saved the life of Capt. George B. Carse, Company C, 40th New York
Volunteer Infantry.
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