Sylvester D. Rhodes
Born: December 1, 1842 at Plains, Pennsylvania
Home Town: Wilkes-barre, Pennsylvania
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: February 16, 1897
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Sylvester D. Rhodes, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 22 September 1864, while serving with Company D, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry, in action at Fisher’s Hill, Virginia. Sergeant Rhodes was on the skirmish line which drove the enemy from the first entrenchment and was the first man to enter the breastworks, capturing one of the guns and turning it upon the enemy.