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Civil War
Edward N. Whittier
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
5th Battery, Maine Light Artillery
22 September 1864 · Fishers Hill, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Maine
- Action
- Fishers Hill, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
While acting as assistant adjutant general, Artillery brigade, 6th Army Corps, went over the enemy's works, mounted, with the assaulting column, to gain quicker possession of the guns and to turn them upon the enemy.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
