b. 05/05/1841 Marseille, France. d. 31/08/1920 Bath, New York.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 05/05/1864 Wilderness Campaign, Virginia.
Charles E Morse MOH
Born in Marseille, France, Morse was a sergeant in Company “I” of the 62nd New York State Volunteers (Anderson Zouaves) and was awarded his Medal of Honor on January 14, 1890, for gallantry at the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, on May 5, 1864.
Morse enlisted as a private in the Union Army on June 24, 1861, at New York City, and was mustered into Company “I” of the Anderson Zouaves Infantry Regiment (later the 62nd N. Y. S. V.) on June 30, 1861. He was promoted to corporal around the time that the regiment left New York for Washington on August 21, 1861, and was promoted sergeant on September 20. He was presented with his Medal on January 14, 1890.
MOH CITATION:
Voluntarily rushed back into the enemy’s lines, took the colors from the color sergeant, who was mortally wounded, and, although himself wounded, carried them through the fight.
BURIAL LOCATION: BATH NATIONAL CEMETERY, BATH, NEW YORK.
SECTION J, ROW 4, GRAVE 24.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: FAMILY.
