Ivers S. Calkin

Captured a Confederate flag at Sailor's Creek under fire

Three days before Appomattox, First Sergeant Ivers S. Calkin captured the flag of the 18th Virginia Infantry at Sailor's Creek.

Ivers S. Calkin was born May 29, 1836, at Elizabethtown, New York. During the period relevant to this record, he served as First Sergeant with Company M, 2nd New York Cavalry.

On April 6, 1865, at Deatonsville, Sailor's Creek, Virginia, the capture came during the Union attacks that broke apart much of Lee's retreating army. Calkin received the Medal of Honor less than a month later.

Medal of Honor Citation

Captured the flag of the 18th Virginia Infantry.

He died February 16, 1902, at Montague, Michigan. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Montague.

His record is presented to the level supported by the sources reviewed, without filling gaps by inference.