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

Medal of Honor

to

 

DE WITT, RICHARD W.

Rank and Organization: Corporal, Company D, 47th Ohio Infantry. Place and Date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered Service At: Oxford, Ohio. Birth: Butler County, Ohio. Date of Issue: 10 August 1894.

Citation:

Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

 

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