Medal of Honor belonging to Christian A. Fleetwood

ID: 51 ~ Source: Smithsonian National Museum of American History, courtesy Edith Fleetwood, Accession Number 178781

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1029092 ~ Creator: United States Government ~ Date: Made in 1862, Awarded 1865.
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Medal Image Courtesy Smithsonian

ID: Brass colored medal in the shape of a star handing on a red, white, and blue ribbon. "This Medal of Honor was awarded to Sergeant Major Christian Fleetwood, 4th U.S. Colored Troops, for heroism on the field of battle at Chaffin’s Farm on September 29, 1864. Fleetwood seized the colors after two color bearers had been shot down, and bore them nobly through the fight. Fleetwood was 23 years old."

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"Lying in woods all day. Nothing new. Turned out at Midnight an attack being made. Moved out but were not called upon. Weather fine and warm."~Diary entry, Wednesday, June 22, 1864 Sergeant Major Christian A. Fleetwood of the U.S. Colored Infantry…