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Joseph H. DE CASTRO
Medal of Honor Recipient, Civil War |
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Corporal, Company I, 19th
Place and Date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863 Birth: November 14, 1844, Boston, Mass Died: May 8, 1892. Date of Issue: 1 December 1864 |
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| Citation: "Capture of flag of 19th Virginia
regiment (C.S.A.)". His Medal was issued on December 1, 1864, and was one
of seven 19th Massachusetts Infantry soldiers to be awarded the Medal of
Honor. The others were Edmund Rice, John G.B. Adams, Daniel J. Murphy,
Benjamin F. Falls, Benjamin H. Jellison and Private John H. Robinson
He received the CMOH for his bravery when his regiment's attacked and repulsed portions of Pickett's Charge. This occurred the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Joseph H. De Castro is Buried at Fairmount Cemetery, Newark,
New Jersey, USA.
Personal: Married to: Rosalia Rodriguez (her father from the
Canary Islands, Spain)
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