Michael Madden

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

Assisted a wounded comrade to the riverbank and, under heavy fire of the enemy, swam with him across a branch of the Potomac to the Union lines.

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

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