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Civil War
Decatur Dorsey
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company B, 39th U.S. Colored Troops
30 July 1864 · Petersburg, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Maryland
- Action
- Petersburg, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Planted his colors on the Confederate works in advance of his regiment, and when the regiment was driven back to the Union works he carried the colors there and bravely rallied the men.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
