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Civil War

George Uhrl

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Light Battery F, 5th U.S. Artillery

30 June 1862 · White Oak Swamp Bridge, Virginia

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Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Action
White Oak Swamp Bridge, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Was 1 of a party of 3 who, under heavy fire of advancing enemy, voluntarily secured and saved from capture a field gun belonging to another battery, and which had been deserted by its officers and men.

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