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Civil War

Samuel S. French

Private · U.S. Army

Company E, 7th Michigan Infantry

31 May 1862 · Fair Oaks, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Michigan
Action
Fair Oaks, Virginia

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Official citation

Continued fighting, although wounded, until he fainted from loss of blood.

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