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Civil War
Andrew Traynor
Corporal · U.S. Army
Company D, 1st Michigan Cavalry
16 March 1864 · Mason's Hill, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Mason's Hill, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Having been surprised and captured by a detachment of guerrillas, this soldier, with other prisoners, seized the arms of the guard over them, killed 2 of the guerrillas, and enabled all the prisoners to escape.