Civil War
Jackson Sargent
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company D, 5th Vermont Infantry
2 April 1865 · Petersburg, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Vermont
- Action
- Petersburg, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
First to scale the enemy's works and plant the colors thereon.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.