Civil War
Robert A. Gray
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company C, 21st Connecticut Infantry
16 May 1864 · Drurys Bluff, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Connecticut
- Action
- Drurys Bluff, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
While retreating with his regiment, which had been repulsed, he voluntarily returned, in face of the enemy's fire, to a former position and rescued a wounded officer of his company who was unable to walk.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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