Anthony Taylor (Medal of Honor)
Anthony Taylor | |
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First Lieutenant | |
Unit | Company A, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Awards | Medal of Honor |
Anthony Taylor (October 11, 1837 – May 21, 1894) was a Medal of Honor Recipient in the American Civil War.
Biography
Anthony Taylor was born in Burlington County, New Jersey, on October 11, 1837, the son of Dr. Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Ash Jones. He was educated at the Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia.
Taylor entered service at
Taylor later took part in the
After leaving the Army, Taylor became actively involved in the coal business, working under the name of "Anthony Taylor and Company." He was also a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Taylor married Caroline Fletcher Johnson, daughter of Lawrence and Mary Winder Johnson, in Philadelphia on February 1, 1871. They were the parents of two children: Mary Lawrence Taylor, born January 5, 1872, and Elizabeth Elmslie Taylor, born September 23, 1893. Anthony Taylor died in Philadelphia on May 21, 1894. His wife died on December 19, 1919, in Devon, Pennsylvania. Both are interred in the churchyard of the Church of St. James the Less in Philadelphia.[1][2]
Medal of Honor citation
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Rank and Organization:
Citation:
Held out to the last with a small force against the advance of superior numbers of the enemy.[3]
See also
References
- LCCN 34032122.
- ^ Davis, William Watts Hart (1905). History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Volume 3. The Lewis Publishing Company.
- ^ "ANTHONY TAYLOR entry, Medal of Honor recipient". Medal of Honor citations. United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
External links
- "Anthony Taylor". Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor recipients. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-07-02.