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Civil War
Walter Jamieson
1st Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company B, 139th New York Infantry
30 July 1864 · Petersburg, Va, ; At Fort Harrison, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Petersburg, Va, ; At Fort Harrison, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Voluntarily went between the lines under a heavy fire at Petersburg, Va., to the assistance of a wounded and helpless officer, whom he carried within the Union lines. At Fort Harrison, Va., seized the regimental color, the color bearer and guard having been shot down, and, rushing forward, planted it upon the fort in full view of the entire brigade.