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Civil War
Frank M. Whitman
Private · U.S. Army
Company G, 35th Massachusetts Infantry
17 September 1862 · Antietam, Md, At Spotsylvania, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Massachusetts
- Action
- Antietam, Md, At Spotsylvania, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Was among the last to leave the field at Antietam and was instrumental in saving the lives of several of his comrades at the imminent risk of his own. At Spotsylvania was foremost in line in the assault, where he lost a leg.