Gabriel Grant
Born: September 4, 1826 at Newark, New Jersey
Home Town: Trenton, New Jersey
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: July 21, 1897
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Surgeon Gabriel Grant, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 1 June 1862, while serving with U.S. Volunteers, in action at Fair Oaks, Virginia. Surgeon Grant removed severely wounded officers and soldiers from the field while under a heavy fire from the enemy, exposing himself beyond the call of duty, thus furnishing an example of most distinguished gallantry.