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Civil War

James Drury

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Company C, 4th Vermont Infantry

23 June 1864 · Weldon Railroad, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Vermont
Action
Weldon Railroad, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Saved the colors of his regiment when it was surrounded by a much larger force of the enemy and after the greater part of the regiment had been killed or captured.

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