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Civil War
Bernard Shields
Private · U.S. Army
Company E, 2d West Virginia Cavalry
8 April 1865 · Appomattox, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Ohio
- Action
- Appomattox, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Capture of flag of the Washington Artillery (C.S.A.).
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.