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Frank Furness — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score100955th out of 4539

Number of Medals2

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1021856 of 4539

U.S. Army#396of 2023

American Civil War#8of 1095

Battle of Brandy Station#1of 7

Battle of Gettysburg#1of 75

Battle of Trevilian Station#1of 12

Frank Furness

Captain, U.S. Army

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Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor
Civil War Campaign Medal

Ribbon Rack

Biography

Frank Heyling Furness was an American architect of the Victorian era. He designed more than 600 buildings, most in the Philadelphia area, and is remembered for his diverse, muscular, often inordinately scaled buildings, and for his influence on the Chicago-based architect Louis Sullivan. Furness also received a Medal of Honor for bravery during the Civil War. He worked with custom furniture maker Daniel Pabst.

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Score Breakdown

Medal of Honor(base 100)

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Heroic Score100 pts