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Civil War

Wallace W. Johnson

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Company G, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves

2 July 1863 · Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
New York
Action
Battle of Gettysburg

The citation

Official citation

With five other volunteers gallantly charged on a number of the enemy's sharpshooters concealed in a log house, captured them, and brought them into the Union lines.

Sources

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Ready I Left My Home — Staff Sgt. Anisha Johnson

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