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Civil War
Joseph Pesch
Private · U.S. Army
Battery A, 1st Missouri Light Artillery
29 April 1863 · Grand Gulf, Miss, 28_
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Missouri
- Action
- Grand Gulf, Miss, 28_
The citation
Official citation
With 2 comrades voluntarily took position on board the steamer Cheeseman, in charge of all the guns and ammunition of the battery, and remained in charge of the same, although the steamer became unmanageable and was exposed for some time to a heavy fire from the enemy.