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Civil War
John M. Wilson
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
U.S. Engineers
6 August 1862 · Malvern Hill, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Action
- Malvern Hill, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Remained on duty, while suffering from an acute illness and very weak, and participated in the action of that date. A few days previous he had been transferred to a staff corps, but preferred to remain until the close of the campaign, taking part in several actions.