Award of Kearny Cross of Valor

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Upon the recommendation of General Philip A. Roubaud, Commanding General, Army of the Potomac, it is hereby my honor to award the Kearny Cross of Valor to

.....................................................Brigadier General Lutz Schmidt........................................................
...................................................Commander, 2nd Division, I Corps......................................................
...........................................................Army of the Potomac..............................................................

For the first half of 2011 Brigadier General Schmidt not only completed 17 battles, the most in the Army of the Potomac, but his record of 8 victories and 2 defeats in that period, with 4 Battle Ribbons is outstanding and a credit to the Army of the Potomac and the Union Army.


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