b. 22/09/1837 England. d. 14/02/1914 Lowell, Massachusetts.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 18/08/1864 Weldon Railroad, Virginia.
Joseph Taylor MOH
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the Union Army as Private in Company E, 7th Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action at Weldon Railroad, Virginia, on August 18, 1864. He did not receive the Medal of Honor until July 20, 1897.
MOH CITATION:
While acting as an orderly to a general officer on the field and alone, encountered a picket of three of the enemy and compelled their surrender.
BURIAL LOCATION: EDSON CEMETERY, LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.
LOT 31, RANGE 2.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
