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From: Dick Martz <>
Subject: Re: [PANORTHU-L] Medal of Honor Winners
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 10:26:18 -0400

Nancy,

When I was researching the Bicentennial History of Dalmatia
I found three CMOH winners in Northumberland County,
although I cannot guarantee at this point that there are no
others. Besides Ressler and Horner, the third CMOH winner
from Northumberland County was Jacob G. Frick. The
information on Frick is from:

http://www4.army.mil/cmh-pg/mohciv.htm

FRICK, JACOB G.

Rank and organization: Colonel, 129th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Fredericksburg,
Va., 13 December 1862. At Chancellorsville, Va., 3 May 1863.
Entered service at. Pottsville, Pa.
Born: 23 January 1838, Northumberland, Pa. Date of issue: 7
June 1892. Citation: At
Fredericksburg seized the colors and led the command through
a terrible fire of cannon and
musketry. In a hand-to-hand fight at Chancellorsville,
recaptured the colors of his regiment.

Another site lists only Ressler and Horner from
Northumberland County:

http://www.nauticom.net./www/civilwar/pamoh.htm

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY

RESSLER, NORMAN W.: Dalmatia, Corporal, Company D, 17th U.S.
Infantry. El Caney, Cuba,
1 July 1898. Citation given: 21 August 1899. Gallantly
assisted in the rescue of the wounded from in
front of the lines and under heavy fire of the enemy.

HORNER, FREEMAN V.: Mount Carmel, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army,
Company K, 119th
Infantry, 30th Infantry Division. Wurselen, Germany, 16
November 1944. Citation given: 30
October 1945. S/Sgt. Horner and other members of his company
were attacking Wurselen,
Germany, against stubborn resistance on 16 November 1944,
when machine-gun fire from houses
on the edge of the town pinned the attackers in flat, open
terrain 100 yards from their objective. As
they lay in the field, enemy artillery observers directed
fire upon them, causing serious casualties.
Realizing that the machine-guns must be eliminated in order
to permit the company to advance from
its precarious position, S/Sgt. Horner voluntarily stood up
with his submachine gun and rushed into
the teeth of concentrated fire, burdened by a heavy load of
ammunition and hand grenades. Just as
he reached a position of seeming safety, he was fired on by
a machine-gun which had remained silent
up until that time. He coolly wheeled in his fully exposed
position while bullets barely missed him and
killed two hostile gunners with a single, devastating burst.
He turned to face the fire of the other two
machine-guns, and dodging fire as he ran, charged the two
positions 50 yards away. Demoralized by
their inability to hit the intrepid infantryman, the enemy
abandoned their guns and took cover in the
cellar of the house they occupied. S/Sgt. Horner burst into
the building, hurled two grenades down
the cellar stairs, and called for the Germans to surrender.
Four men gave up to him. By his
extraordinary courage, S/Sgt. Horner destroyed three enemy
machine-gun positions, killed or
captured seven enemy, and cleared the path for his company’s
successful assault on Wurselen.

Nancy Boyer wrote:
>
> Does anyone have a list of the Congressional
> Medal of Honor winners from Northumberland
> County?
>
> I know of 2--Freeman Horner and
> Norman Ressler but I saw a note in the
> "Dalmatia, Pennsylvania" bicentennial history
> book that there were 3 from the county.
>
> Thanks,
> Nancy

--
Dick Martz
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Opera/9162/
http://www.mahantongo.or

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