b. 30/05/1837 Francistown, New Hampshire. d. 14/04/1928 Cheshire, Connecticut.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 19/10/1864 Cedar Creek, Virginia.
Eri D Woodbury MOH
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Brevet Captain in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Sergeant in Company E, 1st Vermont Cavalry for action on October 19, 1864 at Cedar Creek, Virginia. The battle was the decisive engagement of Major General Philip Sheridan’s Valley Campaigns of 1864 and was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
Woodbury graduated from Dartmouth College in 1863. He enlisted in the army in December of that year, and mustered out in June 1865. After the war, he taught at Cheshire Academy for 38 years, eventually becoming its headmaster from 1884 to 1903.
MOH CITATION:
During the regiment’s charge when the enemy was in retreat, Sgt. Woodbury encountered four Confederate infantrymen retreating. He drew his saber and ordered them to surrender, overcoming by his determined actions their willingness to further resist. They surrendered to him together with their rifles and 12th North Carolina (C.S.A.) regimental flag.
BURIAL LOCATION: ST PETER’S EPISCOPAL CEMETERY, CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT.
LOT 37, PLOT 3.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: BELIEVED TO BE FAMILY.
