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Civil War
Joseph Van Matre
Private · U.S. Army
Company G, 116th Ohio Infantry
2 April 1865 · Petersburg, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- West Virginia
- Action
- Petersburg, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
In the assault on Fort Gregg, this soldier climbed upon the parapet and fired down into the fort as fast as the loaded guns could be passed up to him by comrades.
