| 词条 | Wesley Gibbs |
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|name = Wesley Gibbs |image = |birth_date = July 24, 1842 |death_date = May 29, 1917 |birth_place = Sharon, Connecticut |death_place = |placeofburial = Winsted, Connecticut |allegiance ={{flag|United States of America|1861}} |branch ={{army|USA}} |serviceyears = 1862 - 1865 |rank = Sergeant |unit = {{Flagicon|Connecticut}} 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment |battles = Battle of Franklin American Civil War |awards = {{Flagicon image|Medal of Honor ribbon.svg}} Medal of Honor }}Wesley Gibbs (July 24, 1842 - May 29, 1917) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Gibbs received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor.[1] Gibbs's medal was won for his capturing the flag during the Third Battle of Petersburg on April 2, 1865.[1] He was honored with the award on May 10, 1865.[2] Following his Medal of Honor his rank was subsequently reduced to Private, for reasons unknown.[3] Gibbs was born in Sharon, Connecticut. He joined the Army from Salisbury, Connecticut in August 1862, and mustered out with his regiment in August 1865.[3] Gifford was buried in Winsted, Connecticut, at Forest View Cemetery.[1][4] Medal of Honor citation{{quotation|The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Wesley Gibbs, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 2 April 1865, while serving with Company B, 2d Connecticut Heavy Artillery, in action at Petersburg, Virginia, for capture of flag.[1]}}See also
References1. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web |url=http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=3104|title=Wesley Gibbs|accessdate=June 6, 2014}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibbs, Wesley}}2. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_gl.html#GIBBS|title=Civil War (G-L) Medal of Honor Recipients|accessdate=June 6, 2014}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|author=David T. Zabecki|title=American Artillery and the Medal of Honor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bKNjox0pc0EC&pg=PA19 |date=January 1997|publisher=Merriam Press|isbn=978-1-57638-079-6|pages=19–}} 4. ^{{cite web|last=Sterner|first=C.|title=Photo of Grave of Wesley Gibbs|url=http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_go/gibbs_wesley.html|publisher=Home of Heroes|accessdate=6 June 2014}} 8 : 1842 births|1917 deaths|American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor|People from Sharon, Connecticut|People of Connecticut in the American Civil War|Union Army officers|United States Army Medal of Honor recipients|Military personnel from Connecticut |
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