Thank you for this e-mail. I will check this out. Do really appreciate your time and thoughtfullness. F . McConnell Mason[Nee} CORBIN ----- Original Message ----- From: <jasche@cinci.rr.com> To: <MCCONNELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 9:46 AM Subject: [McConnell] McCONNELL, SAMUEL; Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient - Civil War > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: McCONNELL > Classification: Military > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DVz.2ACEB/1786 > > Message Board Post: > > Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh/Default.htm > > Note: This is not my ancestry. I have NO additional information. I am > just passing along information that may be useful. > > McCONNELL, SAMUEL > Rank and organization: Captain, Company H, 119th Illinois Infantry. Place > and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service at: > Bushnell, McDonough County, Ill. Birth: Belmont County, Ohio. Date of > issue: 8 June 1865. Citation: While leading his company in an assault, > Capt. McConnell braved an intense fire that mowed down his unit. Upon > reaching the breastworks he found that he had only one member of his > company with him, Pvt. Wagner. He was so close to an enemy gun that the > blast knocked him down a ditch. Getting up, he entered the gun pit, the > guncrew fleeing before him. About 30 paces away he saw a Confederate flag > bearer and guard which he captured with the last shot in his pistol. > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MCCONNELL > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry MCCONNELL Message Board are > gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed > messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed > messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. > ************ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MCCONNELL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.3/446 - Release Date: 9/12/2006 >