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Civil War
James Howard
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company K, 158th New York Infantry
2 April 1865 · Battery Gregg, near Petersburg, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New Jersey
- Action
- Battery Gregg, near Petersburg, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Carried the colors in advance of the line of battle, the flagstaff being shot off while he was planting it on the parapet of the fort.