COUGHLIN, JOHN
Rank and Organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 10th New Hampshire Infantry. Place
and Date: At Swifts Creek, Va., 9 May 1864. Entered Service At: Manchester,
N.H. Birth: Vermont. Date of issue: 31 August 1893.
Citation:
During a sudden night attack upon Burnham's Brigade, resulting in much confusion, this
officer, without waiting for orders, led his regiment forward and interposed a line of
battle between the advancing enemy and Hunt's Battery, repulsing the attack and saving the
guns.
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