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Civil War
William W. Kendall
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company A, 49th Indiana Infantry
17 May 1863 · Black River Bridge, Mississippi
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Indiana
- Action
- Black River Bridge, Mississippi
The citation
Official citation
Voluntarily led the company in a charge and was the first to enter the enemy's works, taking a number of prisoners.