Honorific Prefix: | Brevet Major |
Lewis A. Rounds | |
Birth Date: | 7 June 1843 |
Death Date: | 1 May 1916 |
Birth Place: | Cattaraugus County, New York |
Death Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Placeofburial: | Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee |
Allegiance: | United States (Union) |
Branch: | Army |
Serviceyears: | 1861-1865 |
Rank: | Brevet Major |
Unit: | Company D, 8th Ohio Infantry |
Battles: | Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
Awards: | Medal of Honor |
Lewis A. Rounds (7 June 1843 – 1 May 1916) was a Brevet Major of the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War. Rounds was awarded the medal on 1 December 1864 for actions performed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in May 1864.[1] [2] [3]
Rounds was born on 7 June 1843 in Cattaraugus County, New York. He married Maria Allbaugh in 1865. He died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 1 May 1916 and was buried in Wood National Cemetery in Milwaukee.[4]
Rounds enlisted in the Army as a private at Norwalk, Ohio on 13 June 1861 and was assigned to Company D of the 8th Ohio Infantry. On 24 June 1864 he was transferred to Company B of the same unit. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant on 1 August 1864 before being transferred to Field & Staff on 6 September of the same year. He was then promoted to adjutant on 26 September 1864 before being transferred to Company C on 20 December 1864 as a captain. He was promoted to Brevet Major on 13 March 1865.
On 12 May 1864, at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Rounds (still a private) captured an unspecified Confederate flag, which earned him the Medal of Honor. His medal citation reads:Rounds was mustered out of the Army on 12 July 1865. His Medal of Honor is accredited to Ohio.