PRIVATE PETER T. ANDERSON

U.S. ARMY

DIVISION: 31st Wisconsin Infantry

COMPANY: B

DATE OF BIRTH: 4 JUL 1847

PLACE OF BIRTH: Darlington, Lafayette County, Wisconsin

DATE OF DEATH: 26 JUL 1907

PLACE OF DEATH: Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa

BURIAL: Newell Cemetery, Newell, Buena Vista County, Iowa

NOTEWORTHY FACTS: Award the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service during the U.S. Civil War at Bentonville, North Carolina on 19 March 1865.

MOH CITATION: Entirely unassisted, brought from the field an abandoned piece of artillery and saved the gun from falling into the hands of the enemy.

MOH ISSUE DATE: 16 JUNE 1865