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Civil War
William H. Barnes
Private · U.S. Army
Company C, 38th U.S. Colored Troops
29 September 1864 · Chapins Farm, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Maryland
- Action
- Chapins Farm, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Among the first to enter the enemy's works; although wounded.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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