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Civil War

Harris S. Hawthorne

Corporal · U.S. Army

Company F, 121st New York Infantry

6 April 1865 · Sailors Creek, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
New York
Action
Sailors Creek, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Captured the Confederate Gen. G. W. Custis Lee.

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