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Civil War
Thomas Burk
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company H, 97th New York Infantry
6 May 1864 · Wilderness, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Wilderness, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
At the risk of his own life went back while the rebels were still firing and, finding Col. Wheelock unable to move, alone and unaided, carried him off the field of battle.
