Photograph associated with Benona Sprague

Civil War

Benona Sprague

Corporal · U.S. Army

Company F, 116th Illinois Infantry

22 May 1863 · Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Illinois
Action
Vicksburg, Mississippi

The citation

Official citation

Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party. "

Sources

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