Christian A. Fleetwood
Born: July 21, 1840 at Baltimore, Maryland
Home Town: Baltimore, Maryland
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: April 6, 1865
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Major Christian A. Fleetwood, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 29 September 1864, while serving with 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, in action at Chapin’s Farm, Virginia. Sergeant Major Fleetwood seized the colors, after two Color Bearers had been shot down, and bore them nobly through the fight.