b. 28/09/1836 Piermont, New Hampshire. d. 07/03/1904 Somerville, Massachusetts.
DATE OF MOH ACTION; 12/05/1864 Spotsylvania, Virginia.
Nathaniel C Barker MOH
Barker enlisted into the 11th New Hampshire Regiment Volunteer Infantry Company E on 21 August 1862. During the Battle of Spotsylvania six of the color bearers of Barker’s company were killed on May 12, considered the bloodiest day of the battle. Barker took the regiment’s two flags and advanced with them the rest of duration of the battle.
Barker was wounded on 7 June 1864 in Cold Harbor, Virginia and was later discharged from duty on 25 May 1865. He was presented with the Medal of Honor on 23 March 1897, nearly 33 years after the incident at Spotsylvania. He received the medal at the Massachusetts Association of New Hampshire Veterans, 27 Pemberton Square, Boston, Massachusetts. Little is known about his later life. He died on 7 March 1904 in Somerville, Massachusetts. His body was returned to New Hampshire, and was buried at Last Rest Cemetery in Merrimack.
MOH CITATION;
Six Color Bearers of the regiment having been killed, Sergeant Barker voluntarily took both flags of the regiment and carried them through the remainder of the battle.
BURIAL LOCATION; LAST REST CEMETERY, MERRIMACK, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
SECTION B, LOT 17
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
