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Civil War
J. Henry White
Private · U.S. Army
Company A, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry
23 August 1862 · Rappanhannock Station, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Rappanhannock Station, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
At the imminent risk of his life, crawled to a nearby spring within the enemy's range and exposed to constant fire filled a large number of canteens, and returned in safety to the relief of his comrades who were suffering from want of water.