MS SC617

Recognizes Union Lieutenant Albert Westinghouse's conspicuous gallantry at the Battle of McLeod's Mill on December 10, 1864, in Leakesville, Mississippi.

Requests that proper military authorities reexamine Lieutenant Westinghouse's service record and consider awarding him posthumous military decorations.

Notes that Westinghouse was specifically referenced in a Medal of Honor citation awarded to Sergeant Ludman Cadwell for actions taken in concert together.

Directs transmission of the resolution, supporting documentation, and research to the United States Secretary of the Army, Mississippi's congressional delegation, and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.