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Civil War

Milton M. Holland

Sergeant Major · U.S. Army

5th U.S. Colored Troops

29 September 1864 · Chapins Farm, Virginia

Public domain. E. S. Walker; Columbus, Ohio Source file

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Ohio
Action
Chapins Farm, Virginia

The citation

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Took command of Company C, after all the officers had been killed or wounded, and gallantly led it.

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