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Civil War
Thomas Meagher
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company G, 158th New York Infantry
29 September 1864 · Chapins Farm, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Chapins Farm, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Led a section of his men on the enemy's works, receiving a wound while scaling a parapet.