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Civil War

Oscar Slagle

Private · U.S. Army

Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry

2 July 1863 · Elk River, Tennessee

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Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Illinois
Action
Elk River, Tennessee

The citation

Official citation

Voluntarily joined a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and saved the bridge.

Sources

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