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Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain

    Division:

    51st Indiana Infantry

    Action Date:

    December 16, 1864

    Date of Issue: September 1, 1893

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain Marion T. Anderson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 16 December 1864, while serving with Company D, 51st Indiana Infantry, in action at Nashville, Tennessee. Captain Anderson led his regiment over five lines of the enemy’s works, where he fell, severely wounded.