Thomas Burk

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

At the risk of his own life went back while the rebels were still firing and, finding Col. Wheelock unable to move, alone and unaided, carried him off the field of battle.

Conflicts: Civil War
Organization: U.S. Army

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