Congressional Medal of Honor File of Captain James M. Cutts, 11th U.S. Infantry Regiment

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Congressional Medal of Honor File of Captain James M. Cutts, 11th U.S. Infantry Regiment

1891

This file contains information concerning the awarding of a Congressional Medal of Honor to Captain James M. Cutts of the 11th U.S. Infantry for actions during 1864 at Petersburg, Virginia. Captain Cutts was recognized for gallantry in actions.

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Cutts, James Madison, 1837-1903

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Cutts was born in Washington D.C. on October 20, 1837, the son of James Madison Cutts, an official of the U.S. Treasury Department, and Ellen Elisabeth O'Neal, the sister of Rose O'Neal Greenhow. Cutts' sister Adele was the second wife of US Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Cutts was the grandson of congressman Richard Cutts, whose wife Anna was the sister of First Lady Dolley Madison. He attended Georgetown Preparatory School, graduated from Brown University in 1856, and received his LL.B. from Harv...