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Jacob Koogle — Victoria Cross

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Service Profile

Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: First Lieutenant
Service Era: Battle of Five Forks, American Civil War
Medals Recorded: 2

Jacob Koogle

First Lieutenant, U.S. Army

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Battle of Five ForksAmerican Civil War

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor 1862-1895 Army
Civil War Campaign Medal 1862–1895 Army

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Biography

Civil War officer captured a Confederate battle flag at Five Forks

At Five Forks, First Lieutenant Jacob Koogle captured a Confederate battle flag during the Union victory that helped force the evacuation of Petersburg.

Jacob Koogle was born December 5, 1841, at Frederick, Maryland. During the period relevant to this record, he served as First Lieutenant with Company G, 7th Maryland Infantry.

On April 1, 1865, at Five Forks, Virginia, the official Medal of Honor record identifies Koogle's deed simply as the capture of a battle flag.

Medal of Honor Citation

Capture of battle flag.

He died March 16, 1915, at Hagerstown, Maryland. He was buried in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery at Myersville, Maryland.

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

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