Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He enlisted in the Union Army under the name of “Archibald Molbone”, and was mustered in as a Private in Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Light Artillery on August 11, 1862. Promoted to Sergeant during his service, he was transferred to Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Light Artillery on December 29, 1864. He was with the Army of the Potomac during the last days of the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, and he was awarded the CMOH for his bravery during the final assaults on the Confederate positions there. His citation reads "Was one of a detachment of 20 picked artillerymen who voluntarily accompanied an infantry assaulting party and who turned upon the enemy the guns captured in the assault." The twenty men of Battery G, who were all volunteers for the mission, charged behind the infantry assaulting the Confederate trenches through heavy fire carrying no weapons, only ramrods, sponge-staffs, lanyards, friction primers and gunspikes for the purpose of manning any captured Confederate artillery and using it against the rebels. When the guns were captured only one could be used against the Confederates, as the rest were not in a position to fire only exclusively rebel positions; the assaulting Union soldiers being mixed with defending rebels. Sergeant Malbourne and his comrades Sergeant John H. Havron, Corporal James A. Barber, Corporal Samuel E. Lewis, Private Charles D. Ennis, Private John Corcoran and Private George W. Potter manned the only usable artillery piece, which was in an exposed position and endured the focus of great amount of counterbattery fire. They fired over one hundred shots into the Confederates, and contributed greatly to their defeat and retreat. Sergeant Malbourne and his fellow soldiers were awarded their Medal on June 20, 1866. He served through the end of the war, and was honorably mustered out on June 24, 1865 at Providence, Rhode Island.
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He enlisted in the Union Army under the name of “Archibald Molbone”, and was mustered in as a Private in Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Light Artillery on August 11, 1862. Promoted to Sergeant during his service, he was transferred to Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Light Artillery on December 29, 1864. He was with the Army of the Potomac during the last days of the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, and he was awarded the CMOH for his bravery during the final assaults on the Confederate positions there. His citation reads "Was one of a detachment of 20 picked artillerymen who voluntarily accompanied an infantry assaulting party and who turned upon the enemy the guns captured in the assault." The twenty men of Battery G, who were all volunteers for the mission, charged behind the infantry assaulting the Confederate trenches through heavy fire carrying no weapons, only ramrods, sponge-staffs, lanyards, friction primers and gunspikes for the purpose of manning any captured Confederate artillery and using it against the rebels. When the guns were captured only one could be used against the Confederates, as the rest were not in a position to fire only exclusively rebel positions; the assaulting Union soldiers being mixed with defending rebels. Sergeant Malbourne and his comrades Sergeant John H. Havron, Corporal James A. Barber, Corporal Samuel E. Lewis, Private Charles D. Ennis, Private John Corcoran and Private George W. Potter manned the only usable artillery piece, which was in an exposed position and endured the focus of great amount of counterbattery fire. They fired over one hundred shots into the Confederates, and contributed greatly to their defeat and retreat. Sergeant Malbourne and his fellow soldiers were awarded their Medal on June 20, 1866. He served through the end of the war, and was honorably mustered out on June 24, 1865 at Providence, Rhode Island.
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