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Service Profile
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Medals Recorded
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Awards & Decorations
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Biography
Carrying a wounded captain to safety at Ashby’s Gap
Edward Edwin Dodds earned the Medal of Honor for a rescue at Ashby’s Gap, Virginia, on July 19, 1864. A sergeant in Company C, 21st New York Cavalry, he carried his wounded captain off the battlefield to safety at great personal risk.
His award was presented on June 11, 1896, more than three decades after the Civil War action. The brief official citation records the rescue without describing further tactical details.
Born in Canada in 1845, Dodds died in Port Hope, Ontario, on January 12, 1901. He was buried at Canton Cemetery there.
Medal of Honor citation
At great personal risk rescued his wounded captain and carried him from the field to a place of safety.
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