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Civil War
Charles Veal
Private · U.S. Army
Company D, 4th U.S. Colored Troops
29 September 1864 · Chapins Farm, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Virginia
- Action
- Chapins Farm, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Seized the national colors after 2 color bearers had been shot down close to the enemy's works, and bore them through the remainder of the battle.
