Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant & Adjutant

    Division:

    6th U.S. Colored Infantry

    Action Date:

    September 29, 1864

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant & Adjutant Nathan Huntley Edgerton, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 29 September 1864, while serving with 6th U.S. Colored Infantry, in action at Chapin’s Farm, Virginia. First Lieutenant Edgerton took up the flag after three Color Bearers had been shot down and bore it forward, though himself wounded.