Background
Bieger was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and enlisted into Company D., 4th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry at Saint Louis, Missouri after immigrating to Saint Louis with his family in 1857.
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Charles Bieger
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He was honored with the award on 8 July 1897. In February 1864 he was part of a military effort from Memphis into Mississippi, intending to meet William T. Sherman crew at Meridian, Mississippi. Bieger"s cavalry came under fire near Okolona, Mississippi.
Bieger pressed through the gunfire, rescuing his captain.
lieutenant is for this act of bravery that he was awarded the Medal of Honor. After the war Bieger lived with his family in Saint Louis.
He became a salesman and died on 10 August 1930. His remains are interred at the Mount Hope Cemetery Mausoleum and Crematory in Saint Louis, Missouri.
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Bieger received the United States" highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action at Ivy Farm, in Mississippi on 22 February 1864. Previously in a conspicuous grave, the lot in which Bieger, his wife and three of his children are buried was updated in 2005 with an engraved flatstone, commemorating his Medal of Honor award. This effort was spearheaded by Don Morfe of the Medal of Honor Historical Society.
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German
Awards
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Medal of Honor Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor citation Voluntarily risked his life by taking a horse, under heavy fire, beyond the line of battle for the rescue of his captain, whose horse had been killed in a charge and who was surrounded by the enemy's skirmishers.Medal of Honor citation Voluntarily risked his life by taking a horse, under heavy fire, beyond the line of battle for the rescue of his captain, whose horse had been killed in a charge and who was surrounded by the enemy's skirmishers.