Civil War
Thomas W. Hyde
Major · U.S. Army
7th Maine Infantry
17 September 1862 · Antietam, Maryland
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Maine
- Action
- Antietam, Maryland
The citation
Official citation
Led his regiment in an assault on a strong body of the enemy's infantry and kept up the fight until the greater part of his men had been killed or wounded, bringing the remainder safely out of the fight.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
