Hubert Dilger
Born: March 5, 1836 at Germany
Home Town: New York, New York
Medal of Honor
U.S. Army
American Civil War
Date of Issue: August 17, 1893
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain (Field Artillery) Hubert Dilger, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 2 May 1863, while serving with Battery I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, in action at Chancellorsville, Virginia. Captain Dilger fought his guns until the enemy were upon him, then with one gun hauled in the road by hand he formed the rear guard and kept the enemy at bay by the rapidity of his fire and was the last man in the retreat.
