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Philip Petty
BornMay 15, 1840
Tingewick, England
DiedDecember 22, 1917(1917-12-22) (aged 77)
Daggett, Pennsylvania
Buried
Daggett, Pennsylvania
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service1861-1865
RankSergeant
UnitPennsylvania Company A, 136th Pennsylvania Infantry
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
Awards Medal of Honor

Philip Petty (April 21, 1834 – September 29, 1926) was an British American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Petty received the Medal of Honor for his action in the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862.

Biography

Petty was born in Tingewick, England on May 15, 1840. He moved to Pennsylvania and later enlisted into the Union Army's 136th Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers as a musician on the August of 1862. Shortly after enlisting, Petty took the position of a private in the infantry and joined Company A of his regiment. He received the Medal of Honor on August 21, 1893 for carrying the company's colors after the color bearer was wounded.[1][2] During the Battle of Fredericksburg,

Sometime later, McAdams was promoted to Second lieutenant and participated in the Battle of Cold Harbor. He seriously injured and mustered out of the army on June 29, 1865. After the war, McAdams married Catherine Gill. The couple did not have any children. He was awarded the Medal of Honor on April 1, 1898.[2] McAdams would die on September 29, 1926, after suffering from pleurisy. He was buried at St. John the Baptist Cemetery in his hometown of Manayunk, Pennsylvania.[3]

Medal of Honor citation

Citation: Went 250 yards in front of his regiment toward the position of the enemy and under fire brought within the lines a wounded and unconscious comrade.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Beyer, Walter (1907). Deeds of valor: how America's heroes won the Medal of Honor. Perrien-Keydel Co. pp. pp. 121, 122. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Medal of Honor Recipients - Civil War (M-R)". history.army.mil. Retrieved 2018-12-26. Cite error: The named reference "Citation" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Home Of The Brave was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Category:1834 births Category:1926 deaths Category:Union Army soldiers Category:United States Army Medal of Honor recipients Category:People from Philadelphia Category:American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor

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