Josiah O. Livingston

Infobox Military Person
name= Josiah O. Livingston
born= birth date|1837|2|3
died= death date and age|1917|7|23|1837|2|3
placeofbirth= Walden, Vermont
placeofdeath=
placeofburial=


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nickname=
allegiance= United States of America Union
branch= United States Army Union Army
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rank= First Lieutenant, and Adjutant
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unit= 9th Vermont Infantry
battles= American Civil War
awards= Medal of Honor
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Josiah O. Livingston (February 3, 1837–July 23, 1917) was a First Lieutenant, and Adjutant in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War.

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, and Adjutant, 9th Vermont Infantry. Place and date: At Newport Barracks, N.C., 2 February 1864. Entered service at: Marshfield, Vt. Birth: Walden, Vt. Date of issue: 8 September 1891.

Citation:

:When, after desperate resistance, the small garrison had been driven back to the river by a vastly superior force, this officer, while a small force held back the enemy, personally fired the railroad bridge, and, although wounded himself, assisted a wounded officer over the burning structure.

ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients
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References

*cite web
accessdate=2008-03-13
url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html
title = "JOSIAH O. LIVINGSTON" entry
work = Medal of Honor Recipients: American Civil War
date = July 16, 2007
publisher= Center of Military History (CMH), United States Army

External links

*findagrave|7891660 Retrieved on 2008-03-26

Persondata
NAME= Livingston, Josiah O.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
DATE OF BIRTH= February 3, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH= Walden, Vermont
DATE OF DEATH= July 23, 1917
PLACE OF DEATH=