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Civil War
Charles E. Capehart
Major · U.S. Army
1st West Virginia Cavalry
4 July 1863 · Monterey Mountain, Pennsylvania
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- District of Columbia
- Action
- Monterey Mountain, Pennsylvania
The citation
Official citation
While commanding the regiment, charged down the mountain side at midnight, in a heavy rain, upon the enemy's fleeing wagon train. Many wagons were captured and destroyed and many prisoners taken.