Squire Howard

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

Voluntarily carried an important message through the heavy fire of the enemy to bring aid and save the gunboat Calhoun.

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

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