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Civil War
Clinton A. Cilley
Captain · U.S. Army
Company C, 2d Minnesota Infantry
20 September 1863 · Chickamauga, Georgia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Minnesota
- Action
- Chickamauga, Georgia
The citation
Official citation
Seized the colors of a retreating regiment and led it into the thick of the attack.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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