Same surce as the last two.
** Of the 64 Battle of Gettysburg recipients, only 20 received them during the war.
** Corporal Joseph De Castro became the first Hispanic Medal of Honor recipient.
** Lt. Alonzo Cushing received his Medal of Honor 151 years after he was killed.
** Corporal Thaddeus Smith of the 6th Pennsylvania Reserves is the youngest Gettysburg recipient at age 16. He was also the last Gettysburg recipient to die in March 1933.
** Only one of the recipients was killed in the battle, Lt. Alonzo Cushing.
** One bugler (Charles Reed) and one musician (Richard Enderlin) earned the Medal of Honor at Gettysburg.
--Old Secesh
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