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Civil War

David Ayers

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Company A, 57th Ohio Infantry

22 May 1863 · Vicksburg, Mississippi

Public domain. US Government Source file

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

The citation

Official citation

Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

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