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Civil War
Marcellus J. Newman
Private · U.S. Army
Company B, 111th Illinois Infantry
14 May 1864 · Resaca, Georgia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Illinois
- Action
- Resaca, Georgia
The citation
Official citation
Voluntarily returned, in the face of a severe fire from the enemy, and rescued a wounded comrade who had been left behind as the regiment fell back.
