Richard Enderlin - Grandview Cemetery

Richard Enderlin
73rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Medal of Honor recipient
At the Battle of Gettysburg, tried to rescue George Nixon III (great grandfather of Richard Nixon)
 

Grandview Cemetery
Chillicothe, Ohio

Richard Enderlin (Medal Of Honor) - Grandview Cemetery

Richard Enderlin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Enderlin

Medal of Honor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor

Battle of Gettysburg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg

73rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/73rd_Ohio_Infantry

Grandview Cemetery
Chillicothe, Ohio

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.