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Civil War
Alfred B. Hilton
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company H, 4th U.S. Colored Troops
29 September 1864 · Chapins Farm, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Maryland
- Action
- Chapins Farm, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
When the regimental color bearer fell, this soldier seized the color and carried it forward, together with the national standard, until disabled at the enemy's inner line.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
