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Civil War

Alexander U. McHale

Corporal · U.S. Army

Company H, 26th Michigan Infantry

12 May 1864 · Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Michigan
Action
Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Captured a Confederate color in a charge, threw the flag over in front of the works, and continued in the charge upon the enemy.

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