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Civil War

William May

Private · U.S. Army

Company H, 32d Iowa Infantry

16 December 1864 · Nashville, Tennessee

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Iowa
Action
Nashville, Tennessee

The citation

Official citation

Ran ahead of his regiment over the enemy's works and captured from its bearer the flag of Bonanchad's Confederate battery (C.S.A.).

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