b. 12/07/1845 Franklinville, New York. d. 26/09/1910 Olympia, Washington.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 30/08/1862 Bull Run, Virginia.
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He enlisted in the Union Army at Danville, New York, and was mustered in as a Private in Company G, 13th New York Volunteer Infantry on September 24, 1861. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery on August 13, 1862 at the Second Battle of Bull Run, with his citation reading “Picked up the colors and carried them off the field after the color bearer had been shot down; was himself wounded.”
He was honorably mustered out on May 13, 1863 when his regiment’s term of service expired by law. He then rejoined in the Union war effort, and was mustered in as a Private into the 14th New York Volunteer Light Artillery on September 18, 1863. For reasons unrecorded, he was mustered out of the artillery unit a month later, and was mustered in as a Private in Company K, 21st New York Volunteer Cavalry on October 15, 1863. He served with the unit through the rest of the war, seeing service in northern and western Virginia. After the conflict ended his regiment was sent west, and was first stationed in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas before being sent to the Colorado Territory. Myron H. Ranney was finally honorably mustered out of service in Denver, Colorado on July 5, 1866. He returned to New York, but soon after moved west to the Washington Territory, where he lived the rest of his life. His Medal of Honor was issued to him on March 23, 1895.
MOH CITATION:
Picked up the colors and carried them off the field after the color bearer had been shot down; was himself wounded.
BURIAL LOCATION: ODDFELLOWS MEMORIAL PARK, TUMWATER, WASHINGTON.
BLOCK 178, LOT 25.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.