COL Nathan Huntley Edgerton (1838-1932)

Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He entered the Union Army at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and served as Lieutenant and Adjutant, in the 6th U.S. Colored Troops Regiment. He was among more than 350 soldiers in the 6th Regiment to run into a hail of Confederate bullets at the Battle of New Market Heights, Chaffin's Farm in Virginia on September 29, 1864. He took up the flag after 3 color bearers had been shot down and bore it forward, even though he himself was wounded. He received his Medal of Honor on March 30, 1898 and was one of very few commanders of Black American troops to receive the Medal of Honor for actions in the Civil War.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith