Civil War
Charles F. Cleveland
Private · U.S. Army
Company C, 26th New York Infantry
17 September 1862 · Antietam, Maryland
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Antietam, Maryland
The citation
Official citation
Voluntarily took and carried the colors into action after the color bearer had been shot.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
