George Palmer

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

Volunteered to fight in the trenches and also led a charge which resulted in the recapture of a Union hospital, together with Confederate sharpshooters then occupying the same.

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

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