Erastus Jewett

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

By long and persistent resistance and burning the bridges kept a superior force of the enemy at a distance and thus covered the retreat of the garrison.

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

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