Dennis Hickey

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

With a detachment of 3 men, tore up the bridge at Stony Creek being the last man on the bridge and covering the retreat until he was shot down.

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

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