Civil War
Nathaniel M. Allen
Corporal · U.S. Army
Company B, 1st Massachusetts Infantry
2 July 1863 · Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Massachusetts
- Action
- Battle of Gettysburg
The citation
Official citation
When his regiment was falling back, this soldier, bearing the national color, returned in the face of the enemy's fire, pulled the regimental flag from under the body of its bearer, who had fallen, saved the flag from capture, and brought both colors off the field.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
