branch death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards named battles placeofburial birth_date rank article_title
usa 28 march 1916 new york united states of america 1861 new york 15th new york battery light artillery medal of honor ribbon.svg medal of honor edward m. knox american civil war battle of gettysburg bronx , new york 12 february 1842 second lieutenant edward m. knox

edward m. knox

edward m. knox -lrb- february 12 , 1842 - march 28 , 1916 -rrb- was a union army soldier in the american civil war who received the u.s. military 's highest decoration , the medal of honor .
knox was born in new york on february 12 , 1842 .
he was awarded the medal of honor , for extraordinary heroism on july 2 , 1863 , while serving as a second lieutenant with the 15th new york battery light artillery , at gettysburg , pennsylvania .
his medal of honor was issued on october 18 , 1892 .
he died at the age of 74 , on march 28 , 1916 and was buried at the woodlawn cemetery in bronx , new york .
