Edgar Putnam

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

With a small force on a reconnaissance drove off a strong body of the enemy, charged into another force of the enemy's cavalry and stampeded them, taking 27 prisoners.

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

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