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Civil War
Robert F. Shipley
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company A, 140th New York Infantry
1 April 1865 · Five Forks, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Five Forks, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Captured the flag of the 9th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.) in hand-to_hand combat.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
