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Civil War
Joseph S. G. Sweatt
Private · U.S. Army
Company C, 6th Massachusetts Infantry
15 May 1863 · Carrsville, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Massachusetts
- Action
- Carrsville, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
When ordered to retreat this soldier turned and rushed back to the front, in the face of heavy fire of the enemy, in an endeavor to rescue his wounded comrades, remaining by them until overpowered and taken prisoner.