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Civil War
Wesley J. Powers
Corporal · U.S. Army
Company F, 147th Illinois Infantry
3 April 1865 · Oostanaula, Georgia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Illinois
- Action
- Oostanaula, Georgia
The citation
Official citation
Voluntarily swam the river under heavy fire and secured a ferryboat, by means of which the command crossed.