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Civil War

William Laing

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Company F, 158th New York Infantry

29 September 1864 · Chapins Farm, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
New York
Action
Chapins Farm, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Was among the first to scale the parapet.

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Ready I Left My Home — Staff Sgt. Anisha Johnson

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