He was acquitted with the first use of temporary insanity as a legal defense in U.S. historyĚvirtually destroyed, an action that continues to generate controversy; despite this, he would eventually be awarded the Medal of Honor in 1897.
He was acquitted with the first use of temporary insanity as a legal defense in U.S. history. At the Battle of Gettysburg, he insubordinately moved his III Corps to a position in which it was virtually destroyed, an action that continues to generate controversy; despite this, he would eventually be awarded the Medal of Honor in 1897.