b. 12/07/1837 Mason County, West Virginia. d. 24/12/1911 Indiana.

 

DATE OF MOH ACTION: 22/05/1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi.

 

Bumgarner was born in Mason County, West Virginia on 12 July 1837. He enlisted into the 4th West Virginia Infantry. He died on 24 December 1911 and his remains are interred at the Mossburg Cemetery in Indiana.

 

MOH CITATION:

 

Gallantry in the charge of the volunteer storming party.

 

BURIAL LOCATION: MOSSBURG CEMETERY, LIBERTY CENTER, INDIANA.