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Civil War

Orville T. Chamberlain

Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army

Company G, 74th Indiana Infantry

20 September 1863 · Chickamauga, Georgia

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Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Indiana
Action
Chickamauga, Georgia

The citation

Official citation

While exposed to a galling fire, went in search of another regiment, found its location, procured ammunition from the men thereof, and returned with the ammunition to his own company.

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