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U.S. Army

Adelbert Ames

ConflictCivil War

RankBrevet Major General

Year of Action1861

Unit/Command5th U.S. Artillery

BirthplaceRockland, Maine

Citation

Remained upon the field in command of a section of Griffin’s Battery, directing its fire after being severely wounded and refusing to leave the field until too weak to sit upon the caisson where he had been placed by men of his command.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Civil War Year of Action: 1861

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Foster Joseph SayersU.S. ArmyConflict: World War II

Theodore SchwanU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Ralyn M. HillU.S. ArmyConflict: World War I

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Riley Leroy PittsU.S. ArmyConflict: Vietnam War

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