POST, PHILIP SIDNEY
Rank and Organization: Colonel, 59th Illinois Infantry. Place and Date:
At Nashville, Tenn., 15-16 December 1864. Entered Service At: Galesburg, Ill. Born:
19 March 1833, Flordia, Orange County, N.Y. Date Of Issue: 18 March 1893.
Citation:
Led his brigade in an attack upon a strong position under a terrific fire of grape,
canister, and musketry; was struck down by a grapeshot after he had reached the enemy's
works.
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