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Civil War

Stephen O'Neill

Corporal · U.S. Army

Company E, 7th U S. Infantry

1 May 1863 · Chancellorsville, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Action
Chancellorsville, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Took up the colors from the hands of the color bearer who had been shot down and bore them through the remainder of the battle.

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