Alexander Mitchell Beatty
Born: July 29, 1828 at Ryegate, Vermont
Home Town: Guildhall, Vermont
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Date of Issue: April 25, 1894
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain Alexander Mitchell Beatty, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 5 June 1864, while serving with Company F, 3d Vermont Infantry, in action at Cold Harbor, Virginia. Captain Beatty removed, under a hot fire, a wounded member of his command to a place of safety.