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Civil War
David E. Buckingham
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
Company E, 4th Delaware Infantry
5 February 1865 · Rowanty Creek, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Delaware
- Action
- Rowanty Creek, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Swam the partly frozen creek, under fire, in the attempt to capture a crossing.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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