Archibald Hamilton Rowand, Jr.
Born: March 6, 1845 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Home Town: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: March 3, 1873
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Archibald Hamilton Rowand, Jr., United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on Winter 1864-1865, while serving with Company K, 1st West Virginia Cavalry, in action at Columbia to Richmond, Virginia. Private Rowand was one of two men who succeeded in getting through the enemy’s lines with dispatches to General Grant.