Medal of Honor Monument (Scranton, PA)
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Scranton
Lackawanna
Pennsylvania
United States
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Medal of Honor
Patrick DeLacy and John C. Delaney Medal of Honor first issued during the Civil War just over 1500 such medals were issued in that war. Recipients included these two soldiers from Lackawanna County. “That pain may cease, he yields his flesh to pain” from the “Pacemaker” by American Poet Joyce Kilmer who died in action during the WWI in France.
DeLacy, Patrick-Scranton: First Sergeant, Company A, 143d Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness, VA. 6 May 1864. Entered service at: Scranton, PA. Birth: 25 November 1835, Carbondale, Lackawanna County, PA. Date of issue: 24 April 1894. Citation: Running ahead of the line, under a concentrated fire, he shot the color bearer of a Confederate regiment on the works, thus contributing to the success of the attack. Later promoted to Captain. Patrick DeLacy
Delaney, John C.- Dunmore, Sergeant, Company I, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Danby’s Mills, VA, 6 February 1865. Entered service at: Honesdale, PA. Birth: 22 April 1848, Ireland. Date of issue: 29 August 1894. Citation: Sprang between the lines and brought out a wounded comrade about to be burned in the brush. Later promoted to Captain. John C. Delaney.
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The Celtic Medal of Honor Committee, Joseph X. Flannery, John E. Kelly
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The Celtic Medal of Honor Committee
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Indigenous Land
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Historical Monument Database: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=89206
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