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Civil War
Freeman Davis
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company B, 80th Ohio Infantry
25 November 1863 · Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Ohio
- Action
- Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
The citation
Official citation
This soldier, while his regiment was falling back, seeing the 2 color bearers shot down, under a severe fire and at imminent peril recovered both the flags and saved them from capture.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
