CORP. ANDREW TRAYNOR, 1ST MICHIGAN CAV., MOH

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1 page, 6 x 8 7/8, in ink. It reads in full: "Andrew Traynor. Co. D, First Mich. Cav. Shook hands with President Lincoln at Washington, D.C. in the fall of 1861. Received Medal of Honor in 1896- For the liberation [of] myself and 5 other soldiers by the killing of 2 Guerrillas who were armed and standing guard over us. March 16, 1864, at Mason's Hill, Va." Right edge of the paper was cut at sometime and consequently a few letters are lost. This does not affect reading the note. Very neatly written and in excellent condition. There is a photograph of Traynor and a detailed account of how he won his M.O.H. in the book, "Deeds Of Valor." Here is an excerpt in which Traynor describes what happened: "The Confederates were very numerous in the neighborhood, and in fact that whole section of the country was filled with men from both sides, looking for each other. My companion and I were making our way cautiously through a bit of level country covered with pine, in an effort to locate a considerable force of the enemy. We had just wormed our way into a dense thicket and out again, when we were surprised and captured by four heavily armed guerrillas. We were taken a short distance to another spot in the woods, where there was a civilian who, with his team and wagon, had been captured. Leaving two of their companions to guard the captives, read more

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