Alfred Ransbottom

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

Captured the flag of the 2d Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.), in a hand_to_hand fight with the color bearer.

Rank: First Sergeant
Conflicts: Civil War
Organization: U.S. Army

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