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Civil War
William Porter
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company H, 1st New Jersey Cavalry
6 April 1865 · Sailors Creek, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Sailors Creek, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Among the first to check the enemy's countercharge.