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Civil War

John Wallace Scott

Captain · U.S. Army

Company D, 157th Pennsylvania Infantry

1 April 1865 · Five Forks, Virginia

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

The citation

Official citation

Capture of the flag of the 16th South Carolina Infantry, in hand_to_hand combat.

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