Charles F. Rand

[5] His unit, Company K of the 12th New York Volunteers, traveled to Virginia and fought at Blackburn's Ford during the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861.

[7] At the end of the war he assisted with Reconstruction in Texas as sub-assistant commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.

The citation reads:The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Charles Franklin Rand, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 18 July 1861, while serving with Company K, 12th New York Infantry (Independence Guard), in action at Blackburn's Ford, Virginia.

Private Rand remained in action when a part of his regiment broke in disorder, joined another company, and fought with it through the remainder of the engagement.

[2] He married Louise Catherine Wheeler in 1889 and moved to Washington, D.C. [9] Rand died on October 13, 1908, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery (sect.