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Service Profile
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Service Era
- American Civil War, Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, Third Battle of Petersburg
- Medals Recorded
- 1
Lester Goodel Hack
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Support & adopt this hero ↓American Civil WarEastern Theater of the American Civil WarThird Battle of Petersburg
Awards & Decorations
Ribbon Rack
Biography
Broke through at Petersburg and seized a Tennessee flag!
At Petersburg, Lester G. Hack turned a final Union assault into a personal capture of both a Confederate flag and enemy soldiers. Hack served as a sergeant in Company F, 5th Vermont Infantry.
On April 2, 1865, as Union troops broke through the Confederate defenses at Petersburg, Virginia, Hack captured the flag of the 23rd Tennessee Infantry and took several of its soldiers prisoner. His action came during the breakthrough that forced the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond.
Medal of Honor Citation (condensed): Captured the flag of the 23rd Tennessee Infantry and several of its men during the assault at Petersburg.
Hack received the Medal of Honor on May 10, 1865. He lived until April 24, 1928, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery at Ticonderoga, New York. Authoritative sources disagree on the exact details of his birth, so this biography does not state a disputed birthplace or year.
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