U.S. Army
Breyer, CharlesConflictCivil War
Year of Action1862
Unit/CommandCompany I, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry
Citation
Voluntarily, and at great personal risk, picked up an unexploded shell and threw it away, thus doubtless saving the life of a comrade whose arm had been taken off by the same shell.
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