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Civil War

Marcus M. Haskell

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Company C, 35th Massachusetts Infantry

17 September 1862 · Antietam, Maryland

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Massachusetts
Action
Antietam, Maryland

The citation

Official citation

Although wounded and exposed to a heavy fire from the enemy, at the risk of his own life he rescued a badly wounded comrade and succeeded in conveying him to a place of safety.

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