Charles A. Taggart
{{Short description|Union Army soldier in the American Civil War}}
{{Infobox military person
|name=Charles A. Taggart
|birth_date={{Birth date|1843|1|17}}
|death_date={{Death date and age|1938|4|10|1843|1|17}}
|placeofburial=Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio
|placeofburial_label=Place of burial
|image=Taggart, Charles A c1899 MoH Public Domain.jpg
|caption=
|nickname=
|birth_place=Blandford, Massachusetts
|death_place=
|allegiance= United States
|branch= United States Army
|rank=Private
|unit=37th Massachusetts Infantry
|battles=American Civil War
{{*}} Battle of Sayler's Creek
|awards= Medal of Honor
}}
Charles A. Taggart (January 17, 1843 – April 10, 1938) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Biography
Born on January 17, 1843, in Blandford, Massachusetts, Taggart was living in Otis, Massachusetts, when he joined the Army. He served during the Civil War as a private in Company B of the 37th Massachusetts Infantry. At the Battle of Sayler's Creek on April 6, 1865, he captured a battle flag. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor a month later, on May 10, 1865.
Taggart died on April 10, 1938, at age 95 and was buried at Dayton National Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio.
Medal of Honor citation
See also
{{Portal|Biography|American Civil War}}
References
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{{Hallofvalor|362|accessdate=September 22, 2012}}
|title = Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients (M–Z)
|work = Medal of Honor Citations
|publisher = United States Army Center of Military History
|date = June 26, 2011
|url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html
|accessdate = September 22, 2012
|archive-date = July 7, 2010
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100707090618/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html
|url-status = dead
}}
| last = Holt
| first = Dean W.
| title = American Military Cemeteries
| publisher = McFarland & Company
| year = 2010
| location = Jefferson, North Carolina
| page = 79
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UtGA-cP3-HsC&pg=PA79
| isbn = 9780786440238 }}
}}
External links
- {{Find a Grave|8573147}}
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Category:People from Blandford, Massachusetts
Category:People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War
Category:United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
Category:American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor