PVT. WILLIAM H. LONGSHORE MEMORIAL STONE
PVT. LONGSHORE RECEIVED HIS MEDAL OF HONOR FOR BEING PART OF THE "FORLORN HOPE" IN THE BATTLE OF VICKSBURG. A "FORLORN HOPE" IS A BAND OF SOLDIERS OR OTHER COMBATANTS CHOSEN TO TAKE THE LEADING PART IN A MILITARY OPERATION SUCH AS AN ASSAULT ON A DEFENDED POSITION WHERE THE RISK OF CASUALTIES IS HIGH.
Listing Details
- Cemetery
- CIVIL WAR
- Cemetery Stones
- EVERGREEN CEMETERY
- 66701
- THOMAS ONIONS
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