b. 07/06/1843 Cattaraugus County, New York. d. 01/05/1916 Wood Soldier’s Home, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 12/05/1864 Spotsylvania, Virginia.
Rounds was born on 7 June 1843 in Cattaraugus County, New York. He married Maria Allbaugh in 1865.
Rounds enlisted in the Army as a private at Norwalk, Ohio on 13 June 1861 and was assigned to Company D of the 8th Ohio Infantry. On 24 June 1864 he was transferred to Company B of the same unit. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant on 1 August 1864 before being transferred to Field & Staff on 6 September of the same year. He was then promoted to adjutant on 26 September 1864 before being transferred to Company C on 20 December 1864 as a captain. He was promoted to Brevet Major on 13 March 1865.
On 12 May 1864, at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Rounds (still a private) captured an unspecified Confederate flag, which earned him the Medal of Honor. He received his Medal on December 6, 1864 at a review of the 2nd Army Corps Headquarters, Peebles’ House, near Petersburg, Virginia from General George G. Meade. Rounds was mustered out of the Army on 12 July 1865.
MOH CITATION:
Capture of flag.
BURIAL LOCATION: WOOD NATIONAL CEMETERY, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.
SECTION 20, GRAVE 256.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
