BUCKLYN, JOHN K.
Rank and Organization: First Lieutenant, Battery E, 1st Rhode Island Light
Artillery. Place and Date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 3 May 1863. Entered Service
At: Rhode Island. Born: 15 March 1834, Foster Creek, R.I. Date of Issue:
13 July 1899.
Citation:
Though himself wounded, gallantly fought his section of the battery under a fierce fire
from the enemy until his ammunition was all expended, many of the cannoneers and most of
the horses killed or wounded, and the enemy within 25 yards of the guns, when, disabling
one piece, he brought off the other in safety.