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Civil War
Thomas Cosgrove
Private · U.S. Army
Company F, 40th Massachusetts Infantry
15 May 1864 · Drurys Bluff, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Massachusetts
- Action
- Drurys Bluff, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Individually demanded and received the surrender of 7 armed Confederates concealed in a cellar, disarming and marching them in as prisoners of war.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.