Richard Gage

{{short description|American Civil War soldier}}

{{about||the architect|Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth| the American historian|Richard L. Gage}}

{{Infobox military person

|name = Richard J. Gage

|image= US-MOH-1862.png

|birth_date = 1842

|death_date = April 28, {{Death year and age|1903|1842}}

|placeofburial_label = Place of burial

|placeofburial = Woodside Cemetery, Seneca, LaSalle County, Illinois

|birth_place = Grafton County, New Hampshire

|death_place =

|placeofburial_coordinates =

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

|branch = {{flag|United States Army}}
Union Army

|rank = Private

|serviceyears = 1862 - 1865

|unit = {{flagicon|Illinois}} Company D, 104th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

|battles = American Civil War

|awards = 30 px Medal of Honor

}}

Richard J. Gage (1842 – April 28, 1903{{Cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8113841|title=Richard J. Gage|publisher=Find A Grave|accessdate=2009-08-08}}) was a soldier in the 104th Illinois Infantry during the American Civil War. On July 2, 1863, he volunteered for an attack on a blockhouse by the Elk River in Tennessee.{{Cite news|url=http://mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=365458|title=7 from 'The La Salle County Regiment' earned Medals of Honor for same deed |last=Stanley|first=Charles |date=2008-08-22|publisher=mywebtimes.com|accessdate=2009-08-08}} On October 30, 1897, he received the Medal of Honor, the highest decoration in the U.S. military, for his participation in this action.{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/citations1.html|title=GAGE, RICHARD J.|work=Civil War (A - L Index), Full-Text Citations|publisher=U.S. Army|access-date=2009-08-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.il.ngb.army.mil/History/MedalsOfHonor.htm |title=Illinois Medal of Honors |publisher=Illinois National Guard |accessdate=2009-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921094746/http://www.il.ngb.army.mil/History/MedalsOfHonor.htm |archivedate=September 21, 2008 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/476/gage-richard-j.php|title=GAGE, RICHARD J.|publisher=Congressional Medal of Honor Society|accessdate=2009-08-08}}

Gage joined the 104th Illinois Infantry in August 1862. He was captured at the Battle of Chickamauga, and was incarcerated at Libby Prison for the next 6 months. Gage was discharged in February 1865.[http://www.onlinebiographies.info/il/lasalle/gage-rj.htm Short Biography]