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Civil War
John C. Matthews
Corporal · U.S. Army
Company A, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry
2 April 1865 · Petersburg, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Petersburg, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Voluntarily took the colors, whose bearer had been disabled, and, although himself severely wounded, carried the same until the enemy's works were taken.
