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Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant & Adjutant

    Division:

    5th Minnesota Infantry

    Action Date:

    December 16, 1864

    Date of Issue: February 24, 1865

    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 Thomas Parke Gere, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 16 December 1864, while serving with 5th Minnesota Infantry, in action at Nashville, Tennessee, for capture of flag of 4th Mississippi (Confederate States of America).