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Civil War

William R. Fox

Private · U.S. Army

Company A, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry

2 April 1865 · Petersburg, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Pennsylvania
Action
Petersburg, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Bravely assisted in the capture of one of the enemy's guns; with the first troops to enter the city, captured the flag of the Confederate customhouse.

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