Civil War
Patrick Irwin
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company H, 14th Michigan Infantry
1 September 1864 · Jonesboro, Georgia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Michigan
- Action
- Jonesboro, Georgia
The citation
Official citation
In a charge by the 14th Michigan Infantry against the entrenched enemy was the first man over the line of works of the enemy, and demanded and received the surrender of Confederate Gen. Daviel Govan and his command.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
