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

Medal of Honor

to

 

SWEENEY, JAMES

Rank and Organization: Private, Company A, 1st Vermont Cavalry. Place and Date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered Service At: Essex, Vt. Birth: England. Date Of Issue: 26 October 1864.

Citation:

With one companion captured the State flag of a North Carolina regiment, together with 3 officers and an ambulance with its mules and driver.

 

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