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Civil War

James Kephart

Private · U.S. Army

Company C, 13th U.S. Infantry

19 May 1863 · Vicksburg, Mississippi

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Pennsylvania
Action
Vicksburg, Mississippi

The citation

Official citation

Voluntarily and at the risk of his life, under a severe fire of the enemy, aided and ass1sted to the rear an officer who had been severely wounded and left on the field.

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