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Civil War

John Kinsey

Corporal · U.S. Army

Company B, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry

18 May 1864 · Spotsylvania, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Pennsylvania
Action
Spotsylvania, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Seized the colors, the color bearer having been shot, and with great gallantry succeeded in saving them from capture.

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