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Civil War

William H. Osborne

Private · U.S. Army

Company C, 29th Massachusetts Infantry

1 July 1862 · Malvern Hill, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Massachusetts
Action
Malvern Hill, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Although wounded and carried to the rear, he secured a rifle and voluntarily returned to the front, where, failing to find his own regiment, he joined another and fought with it until again severely wounded and taken prisoner.

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