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Civil War
Aaron B. Tompkins
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company G, 1st New Jersey Cavalry
5 April 1865 · Sailors Creek, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New Jersey
- Action
- Sailors Creek, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Charged into the enemy's ranks and captured a battle flag, having a horse shot under him and his cheeks and shoulders cut with a saber.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
