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Civil War
Samuel Hymer
Captain · U.S. Army
Company D, 115th Illinois Infantry
13 October 1864 · Buzzard's Roost Gap, Georgia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Illinois
- Action
- Buzzard's Roost Gap, Georgia
The citation
Official citation
With only 41 men under his command, defended and held a blockhouse against the attack of Hood's Division for nearly 10 hours, thus checking the advance of the enemy and insuring the safety of the balance of the regiment, as well as that of the 8th Kentucky Infantry, then stationed at Ringgold, Ga.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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