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Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Cpl. Joseph H. DeCastro
(Birth: Nov. 14, 1844 - Death: May. 8, 1892)
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 19th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863.
Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Boston, Mass.
Date of issue: 1 December 1864.
CITATION: Capture of flag of 19th Virginia regiment (C.S.A.).
Served in the Civil War as a Corporal in Company I, 19th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery during his regiment's attack and repulse of elements of Pickett's Charge on the Third Day of the Battle of Gettysburg , Pennsylvania (July 3, 1863). His Medal was issued on December 1, 1864. He was one of seven 19th Massachusetts Infantry soldiers to be awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the War (the others being Major Edmund Rice , 2nd Lieutenant John G.B. Adams , Sergeant Daniel J. Murphy , Color Sergeant Benjamin F. Falls , Sergeant Benjamin H. Jellison and Private John H. Robinson ).
He was married to: Rosalia Rodriguez (her father from the Canary Islands, Spain)
Joseph H. De Castro is Buried at Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Specific Interment Location: Section 2, Lot 300, Grave 2.
photo by Russ Dodge from Find A Grave
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