Private Charles Bieger - St.. Louis, MO
Posted by: BruceS
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Civil War US Army Calalry Medal of Honor recipient buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in south St Louis county.
Waymark Code: WM8BW
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/04/2006
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Private Charles
Bieger
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 4th Missouri
Cavalry.
Place and date: At Ivy Farm, Miss., 22 February 1864.
Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo.
Birth: Germany, 25 March 1844
Date of Death: 10 August 1930
Date of issue: 8 July 1897.
Citation: Voluntarily risked his life by taking a horse,
under heavy fire, beyond the line of battle for the rescue of his captain, whose
horse had been killed in a charge and who was surrounded by the enemy's
skirmishers.