Joseph Fisher

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

Carried the colors 50 yards in advance of his regiment, and after being painfully wounded attempted to crawl into the enemy's works in an endeavor to plant his flag thereon.

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

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