Francis E. Warren of Wyoming-- Part 1: Medal of Honor Recipient

Back on Friday, March 29, 2019, I wrote about a new camp of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War being named after him.  I'd never heard of him, so....

From Wikipedia.

FRANCIS EMROY WARREN  (June 20, 1844 - November 24, 1929)

American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming and first governor of that state.    A soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War and a Medal of Honor recipient.

Born in Massachusetts and in the 49th Massachusetts during the Civil War as a noncommissioned officer.  At the Siege of Port Hudson he received a Medal of Honor for battlefield gallantry.  When Confederate artillery devastated his platoon, despite receiving a scalp wound, he disabled the guns.

He later served as a captain in the Massachusetts Militia.

--Old Secesh