1ST SERGEANT ALEXANDER KELLY

U.S. ARMY

DIVISION: 6th U.S. Colored Troops

COMPANY: F

DATE OF BIRTH: 7 APR 1840

PLACE OF BIRTH: Saltsburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

DATE OF DEATH: 19 JUN 1907

PLACE OF DEATH: Pittsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

BURIAL: Saint Peters Cemetery, Pittsburg Pennsylvania

NOTEWORTHY FACTS: Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service during the U.S. Civil War at Chapins Farm Virgina on 29 September 1864.

MOH CITATION: Gallantly seized the colors, which had fallen near the enemy’s lines of abatis, raised them and rallied the men at a time of confusion and in a place of the greatest danger.