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Civil War
John A. Falconer
Corporal · U.S. Army
Company A, 17th Michigan Infantry
20 November 1863 · Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Michigan
- Action
- Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tennessee
The citation
Official citation
Conducted the "burning party" of his regiment at the time a charge was made on the enemy's picket line, and burned the house which had sheltered the enemy's sharpshooters, thus insuring success to a hazardous enterprise.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
