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Civil War
John H. Brown
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company A, 47th Ohio Infantry
19 May 1863 · Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Ohio
- Action
- Vicksburg, Mississippi
The citation
Official citation
Voluntarily carried a verbal message from Col. A. C. Parry to Gen. Hugh Ewing through a terrific fire and in plain view of the enemy.
