b. 22/05/1836 Nanticoke, Broome County, New York. d. 09/07/1925 Decorah, Iowa.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 20/09/1864 Alabama Bayou.
Luman L Cadwell MOH
Cadwell was born in 1836 and enlisted into the 2nd New York Veteran Cavalry. On September 20, 1864 Cadwell along with another soldier, Albert Westinghouse, swam across the 150 foot Alabama Bayou near New Orleans in order to retrieve a small boat which his company used to gain access to a Confederate camp stationed on an island in the middle of the Bayou and destroy buildings, supplies, artillery and capture Confederate forces. He would not receive his Medal of Honor until 17 August 1894.
MOH CITATION:
Swam the bayou under fire of the enemy and captured and brought off a boat by means of which the command crossed and routed the enemy.
BURIAL LOCATION: PHELPS CEMETERY, DECORAH, IOWA.
SECTION O, LOT 77
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
