Abiather J. Knowles
Born: March 15, 1830 at La Grange, Maine
Home Town: Willets Point, New York
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Date of Issue: December 27, 1894
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Abiather J. Knowles, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 21 July 1861, while serving with Company D, 2d Maine Infantry, in action at Bull Run, Virginia. Private Knowles removed dead and wounded under heavy fire.