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Civil War
Charles W. Brouse
Captain · U.S. Army
Company K, 100th Indiana Infantry
25 November 1863 · Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Indiana
- Action
- Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
The citation
Official citation
To encourage his men whom he had ordered to lie down while under severe fire, and who were partially protected by slight earthworks, himself refused to lie down, but walked along the top of the works until he fell severely wounded.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
