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Civil War
Henry Fox
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company H, 106th Illinois Infantry
23 December 1862 · Jackson, Tennessee
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Illinois
- Action
- Jackson, Tennessee
The citation
Official citation
When his command was surrounded by a greatly superior force, voluntarily left the shelter of the breastworks, crossed an open railway trestle under a concentrated fire from the enemy, made his way out and secured reinforcements for the relief of his command.