Lewis J. Ingalls

Lewis J. Ingalls (June 18, 1837 – December 31, 1913) was a recipient of the Medal of Honor.[1] He was awarded the Medal of Honor when "A railroad train guarded by about 60 men on flat cars having been sidetracked by a misplaced switch into an ambuscade of guerrillas who were rapidly shooting down the unprotected guards, this soldier, under a severe fire in which he was wounded, ran to another switch and, opening it, enabled the train and the surviving guards to escape."[2]

Lewis J. Ingalls
Born(1837-06-18)June 18, 1837
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 31, 1913(1913-12-31) (aged 76)
Irasburg, Vermont
Buried
Irasburg Cemetery
RankPrivate
UnitCompany F, 8th Vermont Infantry
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

He enlisted in the 8th Vermont Infantry on November 2, 1861. He fought in the battle of Boutte Station, where he did the feat that would later earn him the Medal of Honor. Despite being wounded at The Battle of Opequon, Ingalls served until June 18, 1865, when the company was mustered out of service.[3]

Ingalls was awarded the Medal of Honor on October 20, 1899.[1] The Boston Herald once described him as the most fearless soldier in Vermont's history.[3]

He died in Irasburg, Vermont on December 31, 1913.[4]

References
  1. "Valor awards for Lewis J. Ingalls". valor.militarytimes.com. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
  2. "Medal Of Honor Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
  3. Rufus Kinsley; David C. Rankin (2004). Diary of a Christian Soldier: Rufus Kinsley and the Civil War. Cambridge University Press. pp. 79–80, 236. ISBN 978-0-521-82334-0.
  4. "News From Irasburg". Orleans County Monitor. January 7, 1914. p. 4. Retrieved April 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.


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