Photograph associated with James S. Cunningham

Civil War

James S. Cunningham

Private · U.S. Army

Company D, 8th Missouri Infantry

22 May 1863 · Vicksburg, Mississippi

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

The citation

Official citation

Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

Sources

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