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Civil War

John Shiel

Corporal · U.S. Army

Company E, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry

13 December 1862 · Fredericksburg, Virginia

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

The citation

Official citation

Carried a dangerously wounded comrade into the Union lines, thereby preventing his capture by the enemy.

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