CORPORAL JAMES A. BARBER

U.S. ARMY

UNIT: 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery

DATE OF BIRTH: 11 JUL 1841

PLACE OF BIRTH: Westerly, Rhode Island

DATE OF DEATH: 26 JUN 1925

PLACE OF DEATH: Westerly, Rhode Island

BURIAL: River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Rhode Island

PLOT: Section 21, Lot 385

NOTEWORTHY FACTS: Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service during the U.S. Civil War at Petersburg Virginia on 2 APR 1865.

MOH CITATION: Was one of a detachment of 20 picked artillerymen who voluntarily accompanied an infantry assaulting party, and who turned upon the enemy the guns captured in the assault.