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Civil War

James H. Bronson

First Sergeant · U.S. Army

Company D, 5th U.S. Colored Troops

29 September 1864 · Chapins Farm, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Ohio
Action
Chapins Farm, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Took command of his company, all the officers having been killed or wounded, and gallantly led it.

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