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Michael Crowley — Victoria Cross

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Service Profile

Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Private
Service Era: American Civil War, Battle of Waynesboro
Medals Recorded: 1

Michael Crowley

Private, U.S. Army

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American Civil WarBattle of Waynesboro

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor 1862-1895 Army

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Biography

Seized a Confederate battle flag during a sweeping victory.

Michael Crowley's Medal of Honor record is unusually spare, but the act itself is unmistakable: at Waynesboro, Virginia, he captured an enemy flag.

Crowley served as a private in Company A, 22d New York Cavalry. On March 2, 1865, during the Union victory at Waynesboro, he seized a Confederate flag. He received the Medal of Honor later that same month.

Medal of Honor Citation: Capture of flag.

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society records Crowley as born in Rochester, New York, in 1844 and later dying in Worcester, Massachusetts. The sources reviewed do not establish a reliable exact death date, so none is supplied here.

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