Heroic Score1001058th out of 4481

Number of Medals2

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1022194 of 4481

U.S. Army#443of 2016

Infantry#417of 1502

Mexican–American War#1of 5

American Civil War:#2of 21

Seven Days Battles#1of 7

Battle of Gaines's Mill#1of 4

Battle of Glendale#1of 4

Battle of Malvern Hill#1of 12

Battle of Fredericksburg#2of 35

Burnside's Mud March#1of 2

Battle of Chancellorsville#1of 29

Jacob Gellert Frick

Colonel, U.S. Army

Mexican–American WarAmerican Civil War:Seven Days BattlesBattle of Gaines's MillBattle of GlendaleBattle of Malvern HillBattle of FredericksburgBurnside's Mud MarchBattle of Chancellorsville

Awards & Decorations

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Biography

Jacob Gellert Frick Sr. was a United States infantry officer who fought with several Union Army regiments during the American Civil War, including as lieutenant colonel of the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry and as colonel of the 129th Pennsylvania Infantry. He received the United States' highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his gallantry during the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia. Grabbing the American flag from his regiment's color-bearer at Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, he inspired his men to move forward "through a terrible fire of cannon and musketry"; at Chancellorsville, he personally engaged in hand-to-hand combat on May 3, 1863, to retrieve his regiment's flag which had been captured by the enemy. He was 67 years old when his Medal of Honor was conferred on June 7, 1892.

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Score Breakdown

Medal of Honor(base 100)

+100

Heroic Score100 pts