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Civil War
Andrew H. Embler
Captain · U.S. Army
Company D, 59th New York Infantry
27 October 1864 · Boydton Plank Road, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Boydton Plank Road, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Charged at the head of 2 regiments, which drove the enemy's main body, gained the crest of the hill near the Burgess house and forced a barricade on the Boydton road.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
