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Civil War
Henry D. O'Brien
Corporal · U.S. Army
Company E, 1st Minnesota Infantry
3 July 1863 · Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Minnesota
- Action
- Battle of Gettysburg
The citation
Official citation
Taking up the colors where they had fallen, he rushed ahead of his regiment, close to the muzzles of the enemy's guns, and engaged in the desperate struggle in which the enemy was defeated, and though severely wounded, he held the colors until wounded a second time.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
