Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He was born in Gallatin, Columbia County, New York. He was declared dead near Manila, P.I., as "missing in action". He entered the Union Army in New York, New York. His highest rank was Major. He was awarded the CMOH as a Lieutenant in Company A, 178th New York Infantry for action on April 9, 1865 at Fort Blakely, Alabama. His citation reads "Voluntarily and alone, under a heavy fire, obtained valuable information which a reconnoitering party of 25 men had previously attempted and failed to obtain, suffering severe loss in the attempt. The informatin obtained by him was made the basis of the orders for the assault that followed. He also advanced with a few followers, under the fire of both sides, and captured 300 of the enemy who would otherwise have escaped." He was a POW. A cenotaph marker for Charles Mortimer Rockefeller exists at the lot where his mother, Margaret Bortle Rockefeller is buried in St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Churchtown, Columbia County, New York.
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He was born in Gallatin, Columbia County, New York. He was declared dead near Manila, P.I., as "missing in action". He entered the Union Army in New York, New York. His highest rank was Major. He was awarded the CMOH as a Lieutenant in Company A, 178th New York Infantry for action on April 9, 1865 at Fort Blakely, Alabama. His citation reads "Voluntarily and alone, under a heavy fire, obtained valuable information which a reconnoitering party of 25 men had previously attempted and failed to obtain, suffering severe loss in the attempt. The informatin obtained by him was made the basis of the orders for the assault that followed. He also advanced with a few followers, under the fire of both sides, and captured 300 of the enemy who would otherwise have escaped." He was a POW. A cenotaph marker for Charles Mortimer Rockefeller exists at the lot where his mother, Margaret Bortle Rockefeller is buried in St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Churchtown, Columbia County, New York.
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