William Magee

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

In a charge, was among the first to reach a battery of the enemy and, with one or two others, mounted the artillery horses and took two guns into the Union lines.

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

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