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Civil War
George W. Corliss
Captain · U.S. Army
Company C, 5th Connecticut Infantry
9 August 1862 · Cedar Mountain, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Connecticut
- Action
- Cedar Mountain, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Seized a fallen flag of the regiment, the color bearer having been killed, carried it forward in the face of a severe fire, and though himself shot down and permanently disabled, planted the staff in the earth and kept the flag flying.
