The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Malone Betts, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 19 April 1865, while serving with 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, in action at Greensboro, North Carolina. With a force of but 75 men, while on a scouting expedition, by a judicious disposition of his men, Lieutenant Colonel Betts surprised and captured an entire battalion of the enemy’s cavalry.