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Civil War

Ernst Torgler

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Company G, 37th Ohio Infantry

28 July 1864 · Ezra Chapel, Georgia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Action
Ezra Chapel, Georgia

The citation

Official citation

At great hazard of his life he saved his commanding officer, then badly wounded, from capture.

Sources

Ready I Left My Home — Staff Sgt. Anisha Johnson

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