The
President of the United States
in the name of The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the
Medal of Honor
to
BETTS, CHARLES
M.
Rank and
organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 15th Pennsylvania
Cavalry. Place and date: At Greensboro, N.C., 19 April
1865. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth:
Bucks County, Pa. Date of issue: 10 October 1892.
Citation:
With a force of but 75 men, while on a
scouting expedition, by a judicious disposition of his men,
surprised and captured an entire battalion of the enemy's
cavalry.
The
President of the United States