Another day of small unit leaders, formal and informal, making a difference, only one of them surviving to receive his award. That would be our first recipient from the Civil War, Lieutenant Patrick Doody, who lived on until 1924. DOODY, PATRICK Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E., 164th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Cold Harbor, Va., 7 June 1864. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 13 December 1893. Citation: After making a successful personal reconnaissance, he gallantly led the skirmishers in a night attack, charging the enemy, and thus enabling the pioneers to...
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