Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Division:

    2d New York Veteran Cavalry

    Action Date:

    September 20, 1864

    Date of Issue: August 17, 1894

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Luman Lewis Cadwell, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 20 September 1864, while serving with Company B, 2d New York Veteran Cavalry, in action at Alabama Bayou, Louisiana. Sergeant Cadwell swam the bayou under fire of the enemy and captured and brought off a boat by means of which the command crossed and routed the enemy.