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Civil War

William Magee

Drummer · U.S. Army

Company C, 33d New Jersey Infantry

5 December 1864 · Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
New Jersey
Action
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

The citation

Official citation

In a charge, was among the first to reach a battery of the enemy and, with one or two others, mounted the artillery horses and took two guns into the Union lines.

Sources

Ready I Left My Home — Staff Sgt. Anisha Johnson

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