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Civil War
Gave his life
Joseph R. Prentice
Private · U.S. Army
Company E, 19th U.S. Infantry
31 December 1862 · Stone River, Tennessee
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Ohio
- Action
- Stone River, Tennessee
The citation
Official citation
Voluntarily rescued the body of his commanding officer, who had fallen mortally wounded. He brought off the field his mortally wounded leader under direct and constant rifle fire.
