SERGEANT NATHANIEL C. BARKER

U.S. ARMY

COMPANY: E

DIVISION: 11th New Hampshire Infantry

DATE OF BIRTH: 28 SEP 1836

PLACE OF BIRTH: Piermont, New Hampshire

DATE OF DEATH: 7 MAR 1904

PLACE OF DEATH Somerville, Massachusetts

BURIAL: Last Rest Cemetery, Merrimack, New Hampshire

NOTEWORTHY FACTS: Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service during the U.S. Civil War at Spotsylvania Virginia on May 12, 1864.

MOH CITATION: Six color bearers of the regiment having been killed, he voluntarily took both flags of the regiment and carried them through the remainder of the battle.