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Corporal Samuel Joseph Churchill (November 1, 1842 to June 3, 1932) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Churchill received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Battle of Nashville in Tennessee on 15 December 1864. He was honored with the award on 20 January 1897. ==Biography== Churchill was born in Rutland, Vermont on 1 November 1842. He enlisted into Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery at DeKalb County, Illinois. During his veteran furlough, he returned to Vermont where he married Adelia Augusty Holmes on May 4, 1863. When he returned to his battery shortly thereafter, he was promoted to the position of corporal. After the war, he moved to Lee's Summit, Missouri and then Lawrence, Kansas. In 1901, Churchill wrote (''Genealogy and Biography of the Connecticut Branch of the Churchill Family in America'' ) in which he recounts his Civil War experiences. Churchill died on 3 June 1932 and his remains are interred at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas.〔(''Genealogy and Biography of the Connecticut Branch of the Churchill Family in America'' )〕 The Lawrence, Kansas (Army Reserve Training Center ) is named in his honor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel J. Churchill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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