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Civil War
Winthrop D. Putnam
Corporal · U.S. Army
Company A, 77th Illinois Infantry
22 May 1863 · Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Illinois
- Action
- Vicksburg, Mississippi
The citation
Official citation
Carried, with others, by hand, a cannon up to and fired it through an embrasure of the enemy's works.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
