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Civil War
William B. Mayes
Private · U.S. Army
Company K, 11th Iowa Infantry
15 June 1864 · Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Iowa
- Action
- Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia
The citation
Official citation
With one companion and under a fierce fire from the enemy at short range went to the rescue of a wounded comrade who had fallen between the lines and carried him to a place of safety.