Samuel Grimshaw-Holton, KS
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 27.648 W 095° 45.534
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Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action at Atlanta, GA on August 6, 1864. He is buried in Holton Cemetery, Holton, KS in Section 4, Block 114, Lot 6.
Waymark Code: WMZ32G
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2018
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He was born on March 2, 1840 in Smithfield, OH and died on November 11, 1918 in Holton, KS. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: GRIMSHAW, SAMUEL
• Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 52d Ohio Infantry
• Place and date: At Atlanta. Ga., 6 August 1864
• Date of issue: 5 April 1894
Citation: Saved the lives of some of his comrades, and greatly imperiled his own by picking up and throwing away a lighted shell which had fallen in the midst of the company.
Armed Service: Army
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