Alfred Ramsbottom

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{{Infobox military person

|name = Alfred Ransbottom

|image =

|birth_date =1831

|death_date =April 14, 1893

|birth_place = South Zanesville, Muskingham County, Ohio

|death_place = Hamilton County, Ohio

|placeofburial = Roseville, Muskingum County, Ohio

|allegiance ={{flag|United States of America|1861}}

|branch ={{army|USA}}

|serviceyears =

|rank = First Sergeant

|unit = {{Flagicon|Ohio}} Company K, 97th Ohio Infantry

|battles = Battle of Franklin
American Civil War

|awards = {{Flagicon image|Medal of Honor ribbon.svg}} Medal of Honor

}}

First Sergeant Alfred Ramsbottom was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Ramsbottom received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor.{{Cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_mr.html#RAMSBOTTOM|title=Civil War (M-P) Medal of Honor Recipients|accessdate=June 8, 2014|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111202627/https://history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_mr.html#RAMSBOTTOM|url-status=dead}} Ramsbottom's medal was won for his actions in the Battle of Franklin on June 17, 1864. He was honored with the award on February 24, 1865.

Ramsbottom was born in Delaware County, Ohio.

Medal of Honor citation

{{quotation|Citation: Captured the flag of the 2d Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.), in a hand-to-hand fight with the color bearer.}}The captured flag in 1905 was among C.S.A. flags returned to Southern states-although it was listed as flag of "Unknown" Missouri regiment.See [https://archive.org/details/1905001/1905%20042.jpg Returned Confederate flags] and [https://archive.org/details/1905001/1905%20043.jpg Returned Confederate Flags]

See also

{{Portal|American Civil War|Biography}}

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