Civil War
John W. Sprague
Colonel · U.S. Army
63d Ohio Infantry
22 July 1862 · Decatur, Georgia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Ohio
- Action
- Decatur, Georgia
The citation
Official citation
With a small command defeated an overwhelming force of the enemy and saved the trains of the corps.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.