Saturday, May 31, 2014

Richard Enderlin - Grandview Cemetery

Grandview Cemetery, section 9, Chillicothe, Ohio


Medal Of Honor citation:
Voluntarily took a rifle and served as a soldier in the ranks during the first and second days of the battle. Voluntarily and at his own imminent peril went into the enemy's lines at night and, under a sharp fire, rescued a wounded comrade.

Enderlin was a musician in company B, 73 OVI.

The comrade he rescued at Gettysburg was George Nixon III.

George Nixon III was the great grandfather of 37th president Richard Nixon.