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Civil War

Edward Van Winkle

Corporal · U.S. Army

Company C, 148th New York Infantry

29 September 1864 · Chapins Farm, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
New York
Action
Chapins Farm, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Took position in advance of the skirmish line and drove the enemy's cannoneers from their guns.

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