Raynors HCA 2019-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2019
Post war CDV of Francis Jay Herron, backmark by Lerue Lemer, Harrisburg, Pa.. Herron enlisted on 4/23/1861 as a Captain reaching the rank of Major-Gen 11/29/1863 . It was with this regiment that Herron would fight at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas on March 7 and 8, 1862. During the battle, Herron was wounded and then captured, although he was exchanged shortly afterwards. For his bravery, he was promoted to brigadier general, and would eventually receive the Medal of Honor for “rallying [his men] to repeated acts of daring, until himself disabled and taken prisoner.”
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