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Civil War
Patrick H. Pentzer
Captain · U.S. Army
Company C, 97th Illinois Infantry
9 April 1865 · Blakely, Alabama
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Illinois
- Action
- Blakely, Alabama
The citation
Official citation
Among the first to enter the enemy's entrenchments, he received the surrender of a Confederate general officer and his headquarters flag.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.