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

Medal of Honor

to

 

CROSS, JAMES E.

Rank and Organization: Corporal, Company K, 12th New York Infantry. Place and Date: At Blackburns Ford, Va., 18 July 1861. Birth: Darien, N.Y. Date of Issue: 5 April 1898.

Citation:

With a companion, refused to retreat when the part of the regiment to which he was attached was driven back in disorder, but remained upon the skirmish line for some time thereafter, firing upon the enemy.

 

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