Civil War
William H. Sickles
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company B, 7th Wisconsin Infantry
31 March 1865 · Gravelly Run, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Wisconsin
- Action
- Gravelly Run, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
With a comrade, attempted capture of a stand of Confederate colors and detachment of 9 Confederates, actually taking prisoner 3 members of the detachment, dispersing the remainder, and recapturing a Union officer who was a prisoner in hands of the detachment.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
