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Civil War

Charles H. Kloth

Private · U.S. Army

Chicago Mercantile Battery, Illinois Light Artillery

22 May 1863 · Vicksburg, Mississippi

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

The citation

Official citation

Carried with others by hand a cannon up to and fired it through an embrasure of the enemy's works.

Sources

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Ready I Left My Home — Staff Sgt. Anisha Johnson

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