| 词条 | Richard Beddows |
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|name = Richard Beddows |birth_date ={{birth date|1843|06|27}} |death_date ={{death date and age|1922|02|15|1843|06|27}} |birth_place =Liverpool, England |death_place = |placeofburial = New Rochelle, New York |allegiance ={{flag|United States of America|1861}} |branch ={{army|USA}} |serviceyears = 1861 - 1865 |rank = Private |unit ={{Flagicon|New York}} 34th New York Battery |battles = Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse |awards ={{Flagicon image|Medal of Honor ribbon.svg}} Medal of Honor }} Private Richard Beddows (June 27, 1843 to February 15, 1922) was an English soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Beddows was awarded the United States' highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action in Spotsylvania, Virginia during the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse on 18 May 1864.[1][2][3] He was honored with the award on July 10, 1896.[4] BiographyBeddows was born in Liverpool, England on 27 June 1843. He enlisted in the army in August 1861, and mustered out with his battery in June 1865. [5] He died on 15 February 1922, and his remains were interred at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in New Rochelle, New York.[6] Medal of Honor citation{{quotation|Brought his guidon off in safety under a heavy fire of musketry after he had lost it by his horse becoming furious from the bursting of a shell.[1][2]}}See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Army|American Civil War}}
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References1. ^1 {{Cite web |url=http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=2644 |title=Military Times Hall of Valor |accessdate=23 July 2013}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beddows, Richard}}2. ^1 {{Cite web |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html |title=Medal of Honor recipients Civil War (A-L) |accessdate=23 July 2013}} 3. ^{{Cite book |title=Every Day of the Civil War: A Chronological Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com.jm/books?id=BC2Qbpa8OjgC&pg=PA560&lpg=PA560&dq=Richard+Beddows+civil+war&source=bl&ots=MqYvQIhWK3&sig=JNqBwe5tCVp23YCY6Jof8IpzfL4&hl=es-419&sa=X&ei=ZvvuUe-yFNX84APs-oCABA&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBDgU#v=onepage&q=Richard%20Beddows%20civil%20war&f=false |first=Bud |last=Hanning |year=2010 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786444649 |page=560}} 4. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html |title=Medal of honor recipients (Civil War): A-L |accessdate=21 July 2013}} 5. ^Regimental roster 6. ^{{Cite web |url=http://newrochelle.patch.com/listings/holy-sepulchre-cemetery-garage |title=Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Garage |accessdate=23 July 2013}} 9 : 1843 births|1922 deaths|English-born Medal of Honor recipients|English emigrants to the United States|People from Liverpool|People of New York (state) in the American Civil War|Union Army soldiers|United States Army Medal of Honor recipients|American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor |
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