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George Banks Medal of Honor Certificate |
| Author |
United States. War Department. |
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| Year range |
1916 - 1916 |
| Surname |
Banks |
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National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) |
Medal of Honor Certificate for George Lovell Banks
Copy of the Medal of Honor for George Lovell Banks, Company C, 15th Indiana Infantry. This is a copy made by the Adjutant General for the Commissioner of Pensions.
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 Medal of Honor Certificate for George L. Banks
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(COPY FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.)
No. 74
MEDAL OF HONOR CERTIFICATE
ISSUED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED APRIL 27, 1916.
To whom it may concern:
This is to Certify, That George L. Banks
was enrolled on the sixth day of
June, 1861, to serve three years, and was
discharged on the twenty-fifth day of June, 1864,
by reason of muster out of company
while holding the grade of First Sergeant, in Company C
Fifteenth Regiment of Indiana Infantry Volunteers,
that a medal of honor was awarded to him on the twenty-first
day of September, 1897, for most distinguished gallantry
in action at Missionary Ridge, Tenn., November 25, 1863, where he as
color bearer, led his regt. in the assault, and, though wounded, carried the flag
forward to the enemy's works, where he was again wounded, this flag being
the first planted on the parapet.
that his name was entered and recorded on the Army and Navy medal of Honor Roll
on the eleventh day of May, 1916, as
authorized under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved April 27, 1916,
and that he is entitled to receive the special pension granted by that Act.
Given at the War Department, Washington, D. C., this twenty-fourth day of
May, 1916
By authority of the Secretary of War:
H. P. McCain [stamp]
The Adjutant General.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
May 24, 1916
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original
certificate issued by the War Department; that the application
for enrolment under the act of April 27 1916, was filed in the War
Department May 11, 1916, and that the address of the
applicant is as follows: 417 North 5th St.
Independence, Kansas.
By authority of the Secretary of War:
H. P. McCain [signature]
The Adjutant General.
[Pension office stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE, E, May, 25, 1916]
Form No. 568-1—A. G. O.
Ed. May 10-16—500.
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