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Civil War
Simeon T. Josselyn
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
Company C, 13th Illinois Infantry
25 November 1863 · Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Illinois
- Action
- Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
The citation
Official citation
While commanding his company, deployed as skirmishers, came upon a large body of the enemy, taking a number of them prisoner. Lt. Josselyn himself shot their color bearer, seized the colors and brought them back to his regiment.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
