SERG. NICHOLASS BOUQUET MEDAL OF HONOR GRAVESTONE
SERGEANT BOUQUET OF THE 1ST IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HEROIC ACTION AT WILSON'S CREEK, MISSOURI ON AUGUST 10, 1861. HE PREVENTED A LOSS OF A CANNON WHICH HAD BEEN DISABLED BY CAPTURING A RIDER LESS HORSE AT LARGE ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE WHICH HE THEN HITCHED TO THE DISABLED GUN TO PREVENT ITS CAPTURE.
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