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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.

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