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Civil War
James B. Bell
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company H, 11th Ohio Infantry
25 November 1863 · Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Ohio
- Action
- Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
The citation
Official citation
Though severely wounded, was first of his regiment on the summit of the ridge, planted his colors inside the enemy's works, and did not leave the field until after he had been wounded 5 times.
