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Civil War
Ambrose Porter
Commissary Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company D, 12th Missouri Cavalry
7 August 1864 · Tallahatchie River, Mississippi
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Missouri
- Action
- Tallahatchie River, Mississippi
The citation
Official citation
Was 1 of 4 volunteers who swam the river under a brisk fire of the enemy's sharpshooters and brought over a ferry boat by means of which the troops crossed and dislodged the enemy from a strong position.