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Civil War

Richard Curran

Assistant Surgeon · U.S. Army

33d New York Infantry

17 September 1862 · Antietam, Maryland

Public domain. Office of the Surgeon General of the United States Army Source file

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
New York
Action
Antietam, Maryland

The citation

Official citation

Voluntarily exposed himself to great danger by going to the fighting line there succoring the wounded and helpless and conducting them to the field hospital.

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