Lieutenant Frederick W. Fout - St. Louis, MO
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 38° 41.654 W 090° 14.169
15S E 740373 N 4286472
Civil War US Army Artillery Medal of Honor recipient buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM84N
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member Team Troglodyte
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Lieutenant Frederick W. Fout

Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 15th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery.

Place and date: Near Harpers Ferry, W. Va., 15 September 1862.

Entered service at: Indianapolis, Ind.

Birth: Germany, 30 October 1839

Date of Death: 6 June 1905.

Date of issue: 2 November 1896.

Citation: Voluntarily gathered the men of the battery together, remanned the guns, which had been ordered abandoned by an officer, opened fire, and kept up the same on the enemy until after the surrender.

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Armed Service: Army
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