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Civil War
Allen Thompson
Private · U.S. Army
Company I, 4th New York Heavy Artillery
1 April 1865 · White Oak Road, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- White Oak Road, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Made a hazardous reconnaissance through timber and slashings preceding the Union line of battle, signaling the troops and leading them through the obstruction.
