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Civil War

John M. Whitehead

Chaplain · U.S. Army

15th Indiana Infantry

31 December 1862 · Stone River, Tennessee

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Indiana
Action
Stone River, Tennessee

The citation

Official citation

Went to the front during a desperate contest and unaided carried to the rear several wounded and helpless soldiers.

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