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Civil War

William Bumgarner

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Company A, 4th West Virginia Infantry

2 April 1862 · Petersburg, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
West Virginia
Action
Petersburg, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

Sources

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