Civil War
Thomas Plunkett
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company E, 21st Massachusetts Infantry
11 December 1862 · Fredericksburg, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Massachusetts
- Action
- Fredericksburg, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Seized the colors of his regiment, the color bearer having been shot down, and bore them to the front where both his arms were carried off by a shell.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
