Jacob Orth

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

Capture of flag of 7th South Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.), in hand_to_hand encounter, although he was wounded in the shoulder.

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

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