PRIVATE BRUCE ANDERSON

U.S. ARMY

DIVISION: 142nd New York Infantry

COMPANY: K

DATE OF BIRTH: 19 JUN 1845

PLACE OF BIRTH: Mexico, Oswego County, New York

DATE OF DEATH: 22 AUG 1922

PLACE OF DEATH: Albany, New York

BURIAL: Green Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam New York

NOTEWORTHY FACTS: Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service during the U.S. Civil War at Fort Fisher, North Carolina on 15 JAN 1865.

CITATION: Voluntarily advanced with the head of the column and cut down the palisading.