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Civil War

Peter McAdams

Corporal · U.S. Army

Company A, 98th Pennsylvania Infantry

3 May 1863 · Salem Heights, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Pennsylvania
Action
Salem Heights, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Went 250 yards in front of his regiment toward the position of the enemy and under fire brought within the lines a wounded and unconscious comrade.

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