Capture The Flag

Private Thomas Evans was awarded the Medal of Honor, November 26^th 1864 for his actions at Piedmont, Virginia.

Thomas Evans was born 1824 in Wales.

He joined the Union Army at Huntington on February 9^th 1864, and was a member of Company D of the 54^th Pennsylvania.  His commander Colonel J M Campbell wrote in his report that Evans tore the flag from the color bearer of the 45^th Virginia Infantry regiment, capturing the man in the process.  This happened during a battle at Piedmont, Virginia on June 5^th 1864.  Evans received the Congressional Medal of Honor November 26^th 1864.

Evans died shortly after the end of the war in 1866.  He is buried in the Bethel Cemetery in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.