PIKE, EDWARD M.
Rank and Organization: First Sergeant, Company A, 33d Illinois Infantry. Place
and Date: At Cache River, Ark., 7 July 1862. Entered Service At: Bloomington,
Ill. Birth: Casce, Maine. Date Of Issue: 29 March 1899.
Citation:
While the troops were falling back before a superior force, this soldier, assisted by
one companion, and while under severe fire at close range, saved a cannon from capture by
the enemy.