Source:
http://www.army.mil/cmh/Default.htmNote: This is not my ancestry. I have NO additional information. I am just passing along information that may be useful.
SOWERS, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 4th
Pennsylvania Cavalry. Place and date: At Stony
Creek Station, Va., 1 December 1864. Entered service at:
Allegheny County, Pa. Born: 14 September 1844, Pittsburgh,
Allegheny County, Pa. Date of issue: 16 February 1897. Citation: His horse having been shot from under him he voluntarily and on foot participated in the cavalry charge made upon one of the forts, conducting himself throughout with great personal bravery.