MEdal of Honor Award recipient
SERGEANT GEORGE L. BANKS
CONFLICT/ERA: U.S. CIVIL WAR
UNIT/COMMAND: COMPANY C, 15TH INDIANA INFANTRY, U.S. ARMY
MEDAL OF HONOR ACTION DATE: NOVEMBER 25, 1863
MEDAL OF HONOR ACTION PLACE: MISSIONARY RIDGE, TENNESSEE, USA
CITATION
As color bearer, led his regiment in the assault, and, though wounded, carried the flag forward to the enemy's works, where he was again wounded. In a brigade of eight regiments this flag was the first planted on the parapet.
ACCREDITED TO: LAFAYETTE, TIPPECANOE COUNTY, INDIANA
AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY: NO
PRESENTATION DATE & DETAILS: SEPTEMBER 28, 1897
BORN: OCTOBER 13, 1839
LAKE COUNTY, OH, UNITED STATES
DIED: AUGUST 20, 1924
INDEPENDENCE, KS, UNITED STATES
BURIED: MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY (PM)
(F-158) , INDEPENDENCE, KS, UNITED STATES
Montgomery County Biographies
"History of Montgomery County, Kansas, Illustrated," 1903