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Civil War
William B. Hooper
Corporal · U.S. Army
Company L, 1st New Jersey Cavalry
31 March 1865 · Chamberlains Creek, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Connecticut
- Action
- Chamberlains Creek, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
With the assistance of a comrade, headed off the advance of the enemy, shooting two of his color bearers; also posted himself between the enemy and the led horses of his own command, thus saving the herd from capture.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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