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Civil War

Charles S. Fall

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Company E, 26th Michigan Infantry

12 May 1864 · Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Michigan
Action
Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Was one of the first to mount the Confederate works, where he bayoneted two of the enemy and captured a Confederate flag, but threw it away to continue the pursuit of the enemy.

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